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ge-dwimor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-dwimor, -dwimer, -dwymer, es; n.
An illusion, delusion, apparition, phantom; error, fallācia, phantasma = φάντασμα, phantăsia = φαντασία
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  • Gedwimor

    phantasma vel phantăsia,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 54; Wrt, Voc. 46, 14 : 77, 7
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  • Hí wéndon ðæt hit sum gedwimor wǽre

    they thought that it was an apparition,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 388, 24
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    • Jud. 15, 19
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  • Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor

    nightly phantoms tormented him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 18
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  • Swylcra gedwimera

    of such illusions,

    • L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 22
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  • On manegum mislícum gedwimerum

    with many various delusions,

    • L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 7
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v.  ge-dwymer ge-dwomer.
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