Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gerím

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 un-gerím

n. A countless number, an immense number or quantity :-- Feala óðra gódra þegna and folces ungerím, Chr. l010; Erl. 143, 23. Ðara wæs ungerím, Shrn. 48, 31. Ðara ys forneán ungerím, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 18, 3. Ðæt hé gegaderige ungerím ðissa welena, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13. Hire olfendas bǽron ungerím goldes, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 11. Ungerím feós syllan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101. Cf. un-rím. un-gerim

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Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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