Old English · noun
gedwimor
Normalised ġedwimor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈdwi.mor/
- Syllables
- je · ˈdwi · mor (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- illusionspectredwimmerphantom
Meaning
-
illusion
-
spectre, phantom
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
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ġedwimor | ġedwimor |
| Accusative | ġedwimor | ġedwimor |
| Genitive | ġedwimores | ġedwimora |
| Dative | ġedwimore | ġedwimorum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
ġe- + dwimor (“magic, illusion”) (unrecorded except in compounds); see dwimor.
Descendants
dwimmer
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