DIMMR
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adj. [A. S. and Engl. dim], dim, dark, dusky; d. ok dökt ský, a dim and dark sky, Fms. xi. 136; verða dimt fyrir augum, to see dimly, esp. of sudden changes from darkness to light, iii. 217; var dimt hit neðra, dark below, Háv. 40; d. himin, Matth. xvi. 3; harla dimt var af nótt, Pass. II. 1; dimm nótt, a dark night; d. stigr, a dim path, Fms. i. 140; dimt él, a dark storm, Úlf. 7. 63; d. regn, Lex. Poët.; d. dreki, the dusky dragon, Vsp. 66.
β. of voice, hollow, Ísl. ii. 467; vide the following word.