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gremian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
gremian, p. ede; pp. ed
To provoke, irritate, exasperate, vex, revile
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  • He ða óðre elpendas gremede

    it irritated the other elephants,

      Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 23.
  • Gremedon exacerbaverunt, Blickl. Gl. Hig me gremedon

    they provoked me,

      Lev. 26, 40: Num. 11, 20: Deut. 9, 7, 8.
  • Ða ðe forþstópon hine gremedon

    prætereuntes blasphemabunt eum,

      Mk. Skt. 15, 29: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.
Etymology
[Laym. gromien, gramie irritare: A. R. gremeþ irritat: Goth. gramjan: Icel. gremja: O. H. Ger. gremian irritare, objurgare: Ger. grämen.]
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