gedwimor
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editġe- + dwimor (“magic, illusion”) (unrecorded except in compounds); see dwimor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editġedwimor n (nominative plural ġedwimor)
- illusion
- spectre, phantom
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
- Hine ġedrehte singal slǣplēast, swā þæt hē þurhwacole niht būton slǣpe adrēah; and ġif hē hwōn hnappode, ðǣrrihte hine drehton nihtlīce ġedwimor, swā þæt him ðæs slǣpes ofþūhte.
- Constant sleeplessness afflicted him, so that he passed the whole night without sleep; and if he dozed a little, nightly phantoms immediately tormented him, so that he repented of his sleep.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
Declension
editDeclension of gedwimor (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ġedwimor | ġedwimor |
accusative | ġedwimor | ġedwimor |
genitive | ġedwimores | ġedwimora |
dative | ġedwimore | ġedwimorum |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-dwimor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.