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GIM

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
GIM, gimm, gym, gymm; gen. gimmes; m.
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GEM, jewel; gemma
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  • Se stán bið blæc gym

    the stone is a black gem,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 24
      • .

  • Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim

    the beak glitters like glass or gem,

    • Exon. 60 a
      • ;
    • Th. 218, 25
      • ;
    • Ph. 300
      • .

  • Gim sceal on hringe standan steáp

    the gem shall stand prominent in the ring,

    • Menol. Fox 504
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 22
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl 570
      • ;
    • Sal. 284
      • .

  • Gimmas líxton

    jewels glittered,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 180
      • ;
    • El. 90
      • .

  • Seó gesomnung ðara deórwyrþra gimma

    the collection of the precious gems,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 28
      • .

  • Se ðe wæs gescríd mid golde and mid gimmum

    he that was clad with gold and with gems,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 221, 3
      • :
    • Cd. 227
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 20
      • ;
    • Sat. 649
      • .

  • Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurþum gimmum

    they were turned to precious gems,

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 5
      • .
used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
[cf.
Icel.fagr-gim = sun
]
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  • He his eágan ontýnde hálge heáfdes gimmas

    he unclosed his eyes, the head's holy gems,

    • Exon. 51 b
      • ;
    • Th. 180, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 1276
      • .

  • Hluttor heofenes gim the clear jewel of heaven, i.e.

    the sun,

    • 58 b
      • ;
    • Th. 210, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 183
      • :
    • 63 a
      • ;
    • Th. 232, 33
      • ;
    • Ph. 516
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4151
      • ;
    • B. 2072
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2538
      • ;
    • An. 1270
      • .

  • Iunius on ðam gim astíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre

    June in which the gem [sun] rises in the heavens highest in the year,

    • Menol. Fox 216
      • ;
    • Men. 109
      • .

  • Hálge gimmas heofontungol sunne and móna

    holy gems, stars of heaven, sun and moon,

    • Exon. 18 a
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 22, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 692, 695
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. ȝim
:
later MS. gim
:
Icel. [poetry] gim
; n:
O. H. Ger. gimma; f.
]
Linked entries
v.  gym giem.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GIM.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17082.

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