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hlimme

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hlimme, an; f.
A torrent
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  • Dó him swá ðú dydest Madiane and Sisare swylce Jabin ealle ða námon Ændorwylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme

    fac illis sicut Madian et Sisaræ; sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson; disperierunt in Endor,

      Ps. Th. 82, 8.

  • Ða ðe on wege weorðaþ wætres æt hlimman deópes ondrincaþ

    de torrente in via bibet,

      109, 8.

  • Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres

    torrentem pertransivit anima nostra,

      123, 4: 125, 4.
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v. hlimman; and cf. hlyn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlimme.” 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/19270.

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