Hlimme

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlimme

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: hlimman;

Definitions

1 hlimme

f. A torrent :-- Dó him swá ðú dydest Madiane and Sisare swylce Jabin ealle ða námon Ændorwylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme fac illis sicut Madian et Sisaræ; sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson; disperierunt in Endor, Ps. Th. 82, 8. Ða ðe on wege weorðaþ wætres æt hlimman deópes ondrincaþ de torrente in via bibet, 109, 8. Oft úre sáwl swýðe frécne hlimman gedégde hlúdes wæteres torrentem pertransivit anima nostra, 123, 4: 125, 4. and cf. hlyn. hlimme

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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