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gryre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gryre, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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  • Óðrum on gryre wǽron to neósienne

    aliis horrori erant visendum,

    • Bd. 4, 27
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    • S. 604, 27
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  • Him ðæs egesa stód gryre fram ðam gáste

    terror was upon him therefore, horror from the spirit,

    • Cd. 201
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    • Th. 249,6
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    • Dan. 526: Exon. 116a
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    • Th. 446, 12
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    • Dóm. 21:116b
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    • Th. 447, 22
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    • Dóm. 43
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  • Wæs se gryre læssa

    the horror was less,

    • Beo. Th. 2569
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    • B. 1282
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  • Se légdraca grimlíc gryre

    the firedrake, a fierce terror,

    • 6074
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    • B. 3041: Cd. 195
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    • Th. 243, 20
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    • Dan. 439
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  • Wið ðæs egesan gryre

    against the terror of that fear,

    • 197
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    • Th. 245, 22
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    • Dan. 467: 223
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    • Th. 293, 13
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    • Sat. 454
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  • Ðæt he in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde

    that he should go into that fell and fearful place,

    • Exon. 41a
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    • Th. 136, 18
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    • Gú. 543
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  • Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre

    fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel,

    • Beo. Th. 960
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    • B. 478: Cd. 143
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    • Th. 178, 32
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    • Exod. 20
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  • Mid gryrum ecga

    with the terrors of swords,

    • Beo. Th. 971
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    • B. 483: 1187
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    • B. 591
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Etymology
[
Laym. grure
;
A. R. grure:
O.Sax. gruri
.]
Derived forms
fǽr-, helle-, hinsíð-, leód-, wæl-, wésten-, wíg-gryre
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  • gryre, n.