Brim-wylf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - brim-wylf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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brim-wylf
f. [brim, wylf a she-wolf] A sea-wolf; marina lupa. An epithet applied to Grendel's mother :-- Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3202; B. 1599. brim-wylf
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