hlimme

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlim.me/, [ˈl̥im.me]

Noun

hlimme f

  1. sound, roaring
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      Þǣr iċ ne ġehȳrde būtan hlimman sǣ, īscaldne wǣġ.
      There I heard nothing, but roarings of sea, an ice-cold wave.
  2. torrent

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative hlimme hlimman
accusative hlimman hlimman
genitive hlimman hlimmena
dative hlimman hlimmum

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, John Russell Smith, , 1849
  • Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882