Grama

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - grama

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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GRAMA
m. Anger, rage, fury, indignation, wrath, trouble; ira, furor, molestia :-- On graman ðínum in ira tua, Ps. Spl. 6, 1: 7, 6. Drihten wearþ yrre mid graman his folce iratus est furore Dominus in populo suo, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 73, 54-6: Gen. 19, 25. Ic ondréd his graman and his yrre I was afraid of his anger and hot displeasure, Deut. 9, 19. Ðæne úre yldran for graman to deáþe gedémdon whom our elders for anger doomed to death, H. R. 9, 23. Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 35: 124, 9. Se upplíca grama the wrath of heaven, 538, 28. Æppla gaderian graman getácnaþ to gather apples betokens trouble, Lchdm. iii. 212, 21. [Laym. grome, grame: A. R. grome anger: Chauc. grame: cf. O. H. Ger. grame; f. exacerbatio: Ger. gram; m. grief.] grama
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