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  • Grim

    dira,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64.
  • Seó grimme

    atrox,

      1, 23.
  • Grimme

    acri,

      5, 25.
  • Grymme

    anxii,

      Germ. 399, 262.
of persons
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  • Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe,

      B. 555.
  • Babilone weard grim and gealhmód,

      Dan. 230.
  • Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum álésan,

      Bl. H. 63, 3.
  • Cyrichatan hetole and leódhatan grimme,

      Wlfst. 164, 11.
  • Twégen menn deófulseóka hæbbende grimme (

    saeui

    ) swíðe, swá þætte nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm,
      Mt. R. 8, 28.
of personal actions, character, feelings, or utterances
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  • Wearð seó feohte tó grim,

      Mód. 66.
  • Wæs æt þám geongum grim andswaru,

      B. 2860.
  • Him bið grim sefa, 2043.
  • Onda tó ungemetlíce grim

    zelus immoderate saeviens,

      Past. 127, 3: Rä. 34, 5.
  • Grimre gúðe,

      B. 527.
  • Grimne gripe, 1148.
  • Hé hit mid suíðe grimmum edleáne geðryscð

    animum per asperam retributionem premit,

      Past. 239, 17.
  • Hé fǽhðo wið God grimme gefremede,

      An. 1389.
  • Grim gárgewinn, 960.
  • Grimra geþonca,

      Jul. 367.
  • Ic má fremede grimra gylta,

      Hy. 4, 27.
  • Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum,

      B. 1542.
  • Hé flýhð grimme gieltas,

      Ph. 461.
  • Hé habbað in gástcofan grimme geþóhtas,

      Leás. 13.
  • In þám grimmestan gǽstgewinne,

      Gú. 561.
of pain, disease, painful or destructive conditions
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  • Þonne biþ grimm winter, Archiv cxx. 297, 61.
  • Hell, grim græfhús,

      Sat. 708.
  • Grim gléda níð,

      Dan. 465: B. 2650.
  • Se grimma hunger,

      Rä. 44, 2: B. 102.
  • Grim gǽstcwalu,

      Gú. 651.
  • Grimre helle wíte

    trucis tartari tormento,

      An. Ox. 2217.
  • On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód,

      Met. 3, 1.
  • Grimme sorge

    acri angore,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 38.
  • Of þám grimman gryre,

      Dan. 439.
  • Feallan on grimne grund,

      Cri. 1527.
  • Þone grimman þurst

    diram sitim,

      Nar. 9, 20.
  • On þá grimman tíd,

      Cri. 1081.
  • Þoliað wé þreá, þæt syndon þýstro and hǽto grimme, grundleáse. Gen. 390.
  • Þé sind wítu þæs grim weotud,

      An. 1367.
  • Storm holm gebringeð in grimmum sǽlum,

      Gn. Ex. 52.
  • Grimre wræc

    acrior ultio,

      Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 12.
of a painful or destructive implement or agency
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  • Heora geoguðe grimme líge fýr fæðmade

    juvenes eorum comedit ignis,

      Ps. Th. 77, 63.
  • Þú mé tóbrǽce bendas grimme

    disrupisti vincula mea,

      115, 7.
  • Hé ymbe þá herehúðe hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman,

      Wal. 62: 76.
  • Mid þý heardestan ... and mid þý grimmestan gumena gestreóna,

      Rä. 29, 3.
of crime, sin, &c.,
horrible, grievous
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  • Wrace þæs grimman mánes

    ultio diri sceleris, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 13, Grimre synne (this is a gloss to the preceding passage ),

      Txts. 181, 37.
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