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GRIM

  • adjective
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Grammar
GRIM, adj.
Sharp, bitter, severe, fell, fierce, dire, savage, cruel, GRIM, horrible; acer, immanis, sævus, crudelis, atrox, dirus
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  • He him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ and hine gelǽdeþ on éce forwyrd

    he [the devil] will become cruel to him at his end, and will lead him into eternal perdition,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 13: Cd. 184; Th. 230, 8; Dan. 230.

  • Ðæt wæs grim cyning

    that was a fierce king,

      Exon. 100 b; Th. 378, 29; Deór. 23.

  • Grim and grǽdig

    savage and greedy.

      Beo. Th. 242; B. 121.

  • Mycel wól and grim

    acerba pestis,

      Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 29.

  • Se grimma wítedóm

    dira præsagia,

      3, 14; S. 541, 9.

  • Wæs se winter to ðæs grim ðæt manig man his feorh for cýle gesealde

    the winter was so severe that many a man lost his life with the cold,

      Blickl. Homl. 213, 31: Chr. 1005; Erl. 139, 37.

  • Mid grimmun gefeohte

    with severe fighting,

      5, 3: Byrht. Th. 133, 36; By. 61.

  • On ðam grimmun dæge dómes ðæs miclan

    on the terrible day of the great doom,

      Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 12; Cri. 1205.

  • Ðæt wæter wæs biterre and grimre to drincanne ðonne ic ǽfre ǽnig óðer bergde

    amariorem elleboro fuminis aquam gustavi,

      Nar. 8, 29.

  • Cýle ðone grimmestan

    the most severe cold,

      Blickl. Homl. 61, 35.

  • Ðeáh ðú wǽre wyrmcynna ðæt grimmeste

    though thou hadst been of serpents the fiercest,

    Soul
      Kmbl. 167; Seel. 83.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. grim acerbus, austerus, atrox, sævus, ferus: Icel. grimmr: Ger. grimm.]
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v.  grym.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GRIM.” 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/17507.

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