grimlic

Old English

Etymology

grimm +‎ -līċ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrim.liːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

grimlīċ

1. grim, fierce, cruel, severe, bloody
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Wearð þæt unġemetlīċe myċle ġefeoht betwuh Crētense, ⁊ Atheniense, þǣm folcum. ⁊ þā Crētense hæfdon ðone grimlēċan siġe, ⁊ ealle þā æþelestan bearn þāra Athēniensa hȳ ġenomon, ⁊ sealdon þǣm Mīnōtaurō tō etanne, þæt wæs healf mon healf lēo.

     There was an immensely great war between the Cretans and the Athenians. And the Cretans won a grim victory, and they took all the most noble of the Athenian children and gave them to the Minotaur, who was half man and half lion, for him to eat.

Declension

Declension of grimlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grimlīċ	grimlīċ, grimlīċu, grimlīċo	grimlīċ
Accusative	grimlīcne	grimlīċe	grimlīċ
Genitive	grimlīċes	grimlīcre	grimlīċes
Dative	grimlīċum	grimlīcre	grimlīċum
Instrumental	grimlīċe	grimlīcre	grimlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grimlīċe	grimlīċa, grimlīċe	grimlīċ, grimlīċu, grimlīċo
Accusative	grimlīċe	grimlīċa, grimlīċe	grimlīċ, grimlīċu, grimlīċo
Genitive	grimlīcra	grimlīcra	grimlīcra
Dative	grimlīċum	grimlīċum	grimlīċum
Instrumental	grimlīċum	grimlīċum	grimlīċum

Declension of grimlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grimlīċa	grimlīċe	grimlīċe
Accusative	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċe
Genitive	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċan
Dative	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċan
Instrumental	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċan
Accusative	grimlīċan	grimlīċan	grimlīċan
Genitive	grimlīcra, grimlīċena	grimlīcra, grimlīċena	grimlīcra, grimlīċena
Dative	grimlīċum	grimlīċum	grimlīċum
Instrumental	grimlīċum	grimlīċum	grimlīċum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “grimlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.