Meaning of shrithe | Babel Free

Definitions

To move; to proceed; to creep, roam, wander.

intransitive, poetic

Examples

“He realized the monster meant to attack Heorot after the blue hour, when black night has settled over all— when shadowy shapes come⟳ shrithing dark beneath the clouds.”

“Grendel to His Mother [by Kirsten Dabrowski] Oh momma, momma, I'm just not a winner, / 'Cause I got roughed up on my way to get⟳ dinner. / I shrithed to the Heorot to get⟳ human yummies / To tickle⟳ our palates and fill⟳ up our tummies.”

“While the winged creature coiled himself up, / the friend and lord of men stood unflinching / by his shield; Beowulf waited ready armed. / Then, fiery and twisted, the dragon swiftly / shrithed towards its fate.”

“But the cruel monster constantly terrified / young and old, the dark death-shadow / lurked in ambush; he prowled the misty moors / at the dead of night; men do not know⟳ / where such hell-whisperers shrithe in their wanderings.”

“An adder writhes out of the bush, I can see⟳ the diamonds on its back; it shrithes across the sandy soil, and bites the right foot of one of the knights.”

“I creep⟳, I shrithe / on my devil's claws, / and sting⟳ whatever I touch⟳.”

“Some secret curse comes shrithing / To the once blithe hall, sits on the soul / Where a treasure burns.”

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