Bi-hlǽman

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bi-hlǽman

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bi-hlǽman
to overwhelm with noise, to fall upon; strepitu obruere :-- Ðonne foldbúende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes mægne bihlǽmeþ then the great day of the mighty Lord will fall with might upon the earth's inhabitants, Exon, 20 b; Th. 54, 18; Cri. 870. [O. Sax. O. H. Ger. hlamón crepitare.] bi-hlæman
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