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grimsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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grimsian, p. ede
Wright's OE grammar
§283; §536; §659;
To be fierce, cruel, to rage; sævire
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  • Ðá ðara treówleásra cyninga beboda wið cristenum monnum grimsedon

    cum perfidorum principum mandata adversum Christianos sævirent,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 36.
  • He grimsigende forleás

    sæviens disperderet,

      3, 1; S. 523, 29.
  • Wól mid grimme wæle lange feor and wíde grimsigende

    pestilentia acerba clade diutius longe lateque desæviens,

      27; S. 558, 15: 4, 25; S. 601, 20.
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