wæl-grim
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add
sand-grot
a grain of sand
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a grain of sand Geríman sǽs sondgrotu, Exon. Th. 466, 6; Hö. 117
a-gróf
inscribed
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inscribed,Exon. 1233; Th, 473, 10; Bo. 12;
beadu-grim
War-grim ⬩ war-furious ⬩ in pugna atrox
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War-grim, war-furious; in pugna atrox,Leo 114
heoru-grim
Very fierce or cruel, ⬩ savage
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Very fierce or cruel, savage, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 10; Cri. 1524: 31 b; Th. 98, 25; Cri. 1613: 47 a; Th. 161, 1; Gú. 952: 53 a; Th. 186, 29; Az. 27: 111 a; Th. 425, 12: Rä. 41, 55: Beo. Th. 3132; B. 1564: 3698; B. 1847: Elen. Kmbl. 237; El. 119: Andr.
mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean
Linked entry: grot
níþ-grim
Savage ⬩ cruel
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Savage, cruel Nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Mé beþeahton þeóstru níþgrim, Ps. Th. 54, 5
gram-bǽre
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Angry, passionate; iracundus, Past. 40, 1; Swt. 289, 5; Hat. MS
gram-hygdig
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Fierce-minded, hostilely disposed Gramhegdig, Ps. C. 50, 49; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 49. Gromhýdig guma, Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 6; Az. 170: 18 b; Th. 46, 8; Cri. 734: Beo. Th. 3502; B. 1749. Ðǽr nǽfre feóndes ne biþ gástes gramhýdiges gang where never shall
gram-mód
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Of fierce or cruel mind Hine nǽnig man grammódne ne funde no one found him cruel, Blickl. Homl. 223, 33
searu-grim
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Fierce in arms or skilfully fierce, having fierceness accompanied by skill Gif ðín hige wǽre swá searogrim swá ðú self talast if thy spirit had been as cunningly fierce (?) as thyself reckons, Beo. Th. 1192; B. 594. Cf. searu-céne
sin-grim
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Ever-fierce, of unceasing fierceness Sace singrimme, Exon. Th. 256, 11 ; Jul. 230
grim-full
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Fierce, terrible Gif on Wódnesdseg bið ácenned, sé bið scearp on gewinne and grimful, E. S. 39, 348. [v. N. E. D. grimful.]
hete-grim
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Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5. Add
wæl-grim
Cruel ⬩ destructive ⬩ bloodthirsty ⬩ cruel ⬩ cruel ⬩ dire ⬩ destructive
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Cruel, destructive Wælgrim, unhére funestus, crudelis, perniciosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 63: violentus, Germ. 399, 467. of living things, bloodthirsty, cruel Hwæt standest ðú (the devil) wælgrim (the MS. breaks off here) ... ? quid adstas cruenda bestia
Linked entry: wæl-hreów
heaðu-grim
Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war
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Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war Hungur heaðogrimne heardne famne fierce and fell, Ps. Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691
eges grime
A witch, sorceress ⬩ vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca
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A witch, sorceress; vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca, Som. Ben. Lye
eges grime
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Substitute: <b>eges-, egese(-i)-gríma,</b> an; m. A horrible mask, a creature that has assumed a horrible form, a spectre Egisgríma (egisi-) larbula, Txts. 73, 1168. Egesegríma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 46: musca (l. masca ), 55, 47. Egesgríma,
grið
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peace limited to place or time, truce, protection, security, safety. [The word comes into use during the struggles with the Danes. Icel. grið (v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.) means first home, domicile, then in pl. truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word
beadu-gríma
A war-mask ⬩ helmet
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A war-mask, helmet
Linked entry: beado-gríma