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Isegrim|ˈaɪzəgrɪm|
Also 7 Isgrin.
[a. MHG., Ger. Isegrimm, Isengrimm, also Isengrîn, Eisengrein, MDu. Isengryn, Isegrijn, -grijm, Du. Ijzegrim, the name of the wolf in Reynard the Fox, and other beast-fables; in OHG. Isangrîm as a man's name, f. îsan, îsen, etc. ‘iron’ + -grîm, cf. grîma, mask, hood, helmet; but in later use often associated with grime, grim, wrathful, fierce.]
An appellation applied, after the manner of a proper name, to the wolf. rare in Eng. use.
1481Caxton Reynard ii, Isegrym the wulf wyth his lynage and frendes cam and stode to fore the kynge. Passim. 1622Fletcher Beggar's Bush iii. iii, I know to chase the Roe, The winde out-stripping, Isgrin [mod. ed. Isgrim] himself. |