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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
grīmen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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To blacken (sth.), cover with soot; make (sth.) dark or gloomy;
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make (robbers) unhappy, punish.
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vēren
v.(1)
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Naut.
To let out or slacken (a rope).
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