Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-lóme

  • adverb
Dictionary links
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.
Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly; sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro
Show examples
  • Fregn gelóme freca óðerne

    one warrior often asked the other,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165 : Beo. Th. 1122; B. 559 : Ps. Th. 54, 13 : 62, 4.
  • Ðonne h-i gelóme sáwon swíðlíce rénas

    when they frequently saw severe showers,

      Boutr. Scrd. 21, 22 : 17, 11.
  • Wæs he se mon ǽfest on his dǽdum and gelóme on hálgum gebedum

    ĕrat relĭgiōsis actĭbus, crebris prĕcĭbus,

      Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 6.
  • Oft and gelóme

    very frequently,

      Bt. Met. Fox 30, 10, 14; Met. 30, 5, 7 : Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 11 : 959; Erl. 119, 25.
  • Oft gelóme

    full oft, very often,

      Cd. 75; Th. 93, 2; Gen. 1539.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ki-lómo frequenter.]
Linked entries
v.  -lóme.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ge-lóme, adv.