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Old English
Etymology
ġe- + dwimor (“magic, illusion”) (unrecorded except in compounds); see dwimor.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġedwimor 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.
Declension
Declension of ġedwimor (strong a-stem)
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