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ramm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ramm, es (a wk. gen. pl. occurs); m.
Wright's OE grammar
§59;
a ram
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  • Ramm

    aries,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 52.

  • Ram,

      78, 46.

  • Rom

    berbex,

    ii.
      12, 71 : 126, 3.

  • Rommes blód,

      Cd. Th. 177, 20; Gen. 2932,

  • Geoffra mé ǽnne þríwintre ramm

      , Gen. 15, 9 : 22, 13.

  • Beorgas wǽron blíðe swá rammas,

      Ps. Th. 113, 6.

  • Bringaþ him eówra ramma bearn,

      28, 1 : Ps. Spl. 65, 14.

  • Twentig rammena

    arietes viginti,

      Gen. 32, 14.

  • Rammum gelíce,

      Ps. Th. 113, 4.
an instrument for pounding or
battering
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  • Aries

    biþ ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce,
      Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 15.

  • Ram tó wurce

    aries,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 57.

  • Ram aries, andweorc tó wealle cimentum, wealwyrhta

    cimentarius,

      85, 26-28.

  • Þerscaþ ðone weall mid rammum,

      Past. 21; Swt. 161, 6.
  • 'Gáþ tó mid rammum'. . .

  • Hé bierþ rammas ymbútan ðæt mód his hiéremonna, ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde, and se weall úres mægenes þurhþyrelað mid ðan scearpan ramman (ðǽm scearpan rammum, Cott. MSS.) ðara costunga

      , Swt. 163, 10-18.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ramm aries, vervex.]
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v.  ram.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ramm.” 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/25564.

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