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Old English · adjective

dimm

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/dimm/
[dim]
Syllables
dimm (1 syllable)
Modern English
dim

Meaning

  1. dim

    Eald is þēs eorðsele, eal iċ eom oflongad, sindon dena dimme, dūna uphēa, bitre burgtūnas, brērum beweaxne, wīc wynna lēas.

    This earthen-house is old, I am fully forlonged, there are dim dales, tall mountains, bitter cities, overgrown by briars, villages bereft of glees.

    10th century, The Wife's Lament:

Declension

Strong declension of dimm
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dimmdimmdimm
Accusative dimnedimmedimm
Genitive dimmesdimredimmes
Dative dimmumdimredimmum
Instrumental dimmedimredimme
Plural
Nominative dimmedimmadimmedimm
Accusative dimmedimmadimmedimm
Genitive dimradimradimra
Dative dimmumdimmumdimmum
Instrumental dimmumdimmumdimmum
Weak declension of dimm
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dimmadimmedimme
Accusative dimmandimmandimme
Genitive dimmandimmandimman
Dative dimmandimmandimman
Instrumental dimmandimmandimman
Plural
Nominative dimmandimmandimman
Accusative dimmandimmandimman
Genitive dimradimmenadimradimmenadimradimmena
Dative dimmumdimmumdimmum
Instrumental dimmumdimmumdimmum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz. Compare Icelandic dimmur (“dark”), dimma (“darkness”).

Descendants

dim

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