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un-rím

  • adjective
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un-rím, and un-ríme; adj.
Innumerable, incalculable, not to be numbered
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  • Unrím getæl

    ingens numerus,

    • Nar. 9, 13.

  • Folc unrím ( or pl.? ) þrymfæste twá þeóda áwócon,

    • Cd. Th. 158, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2614.

  • Werod, mægen unríme,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 121
      • ;
    • El. 61.

  • Hyra fromcynn swá unríme weorðan sceolde,

    • Exon. Th. 188, 4
      • ;
    • Az. 40: 187, 26
      • ;
    • Az. 36.

  • Ðǽr is máðma hord, gold unríme,

    • Beo. Th. 6016
      • ;
    • B. 3012.

  • Mid ða unríman mænigeo

    innumerabilis multitudo,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 4.

  • Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomminge

    erant in hoc campo innumera conventicula,

    • S. 629, 24.

  • Monige sindon geond middangeard, unrímu cynn,

    • Exon. Th. 355, 38
      • ;
    • Pa. 2: 389, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 7, 3.
= an immense, incalculable good, may be taken as a compound;
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  • -- Se symle leofaþ gehwǽr on unrím gódum

    qui innumeris semper vivit ubique bonis,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 500, 23.
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cf. unrím-folc, and see preceding word (2 b) :
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-rím.” 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/33661.

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