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  • Gim þe bið on coches micga

    flestria

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 32.

  • Gim

    gemma

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 597.

  • Se giem (gim,

    v. l.

    ) jacintus,
      Past. 85, 5.

  • Ne mæg hit steorra ne stán ne se steápa gim be-swícan,

      Sal. 284,

  • Is seó eággebyrd híwe gelícast gladum gimme, þonne in goldfate smiða orþoncum biseted weorðeð

      , Ph. 303.

  • Ðá giemmas,

      Past. 135, 3, 4, 16.
  • Gimmas, 7.

  • Gimmas hæfdon bewrigene weorðlíce wealdes treów,

      Kr. 16.

  • Sum bið searocræftig goldes and gimma, þonne him gumena weard háteð tó mǽrðum máððum rénian,

      Crä. 59.

  • Hé hit gihrínade mið golde and mið gimmum,

      Jn. p. 188, 5.

  • Wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimman gelíce,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12.

  • Ís glisnað glæs-hlúttur gimmum gelícast,

      Rún. 11.

  • Mon sceal sécan be sǽwaroðe and be eá ófrum æþele gimmas, hwíte and reáde and híwa gehwæs,

      Met. 19, 22 : Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 17.

  • Gymmas,

      Coll. M. 27, 7.
used of the heavenly bodies
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  • Hálge gimmas, sunne and móna,

      Cri. 692.

  • Swegles leóht, gimma gladost, æðeltungla wyn

    the sun

    ,
      Ph. 289. II a.
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v. god-gim, heáfod-gim, searo-gim, sine-gim, tungol-gim, wæl-gim, wuldor-gim.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gim.” 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/50772.

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