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Grimman

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1 grimman

pl. grimmaþ; p. gram, grom, pl. grummon; pp. grummen. I. to rage, roar, make a loud noise; fremere :-- Ðú hie grimman meaht gehýran thou mayest hear it [hell] rage, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 17; Gen. 793. Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; Rä. 3, 5. [Cf. O. Sax. grimmid the gróto séo.] II. to run with haste, hasten; properare, currere, festinare :-- Gúþmóde grummon the warlike of mind hastened, Beo. Th. 617; B. 306. [So Grein translates the verb, but may not the word be taken more nearly in the sense of the preceding passages 'loud and fierce was their shout?'] grimman
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚱᛁᛗᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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