gedwimor

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġedwimer

Etymology

ġe- +‎ dwimor (“magic, illusion”) (unrecorded except in compounds); see dwimor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdwi.mor/

Noun

ġedwimor n (nominative plural ġedwimor)

1. illusion
2. 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)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġedwimor	ġedwimor
accusative	ġedwimor	ġedwimor
genitive	ġedwimores	ġedwimora
dative	ġedwimore	ġedwimorum

Descendants

• Middle English: dwimor, dweomer
  • English: dwimmer

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-dwimor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.