Grim Reaper

English Alternative forms en grim reaper thumb|The Grim Reaper. Etymology en ine-pro *gʰrem- From en grim reaper, first attested 1847. The word en grim previously had a stronger meaning ("fierce, angry, sinister") and had more of an association with ghostliness (compare ang grima specter, apparition, en grim (n.)). The association between en grim and en death dates back to at least the late 16th century (the line "grim death, how foul and loathsome is thine image" appears in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew around 1590). The en reaper element comes from the personification of Death as a reaper (harvester) of souls in connection to the popular depiction of Death wielding a scythe. The symbol of the scythe itself comes from a partially unintentional conflation of Cronus (the Titan associated with the harvest, said to have used his scythe to castrate his father Uranus_(mythology) Uranus) and Chronos (the personification of Father Time). Pronunciation en /ˈɡɹɪm ˈɹiː.pə/ RP en /ˈɡɹɪm ˈɹi.pɚ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Grim Reaper.wav US Proper noun + 1 Grim Reaper A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife. en 1916 w:Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Edgar Rice Burroughs https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/92/pg92-images.html Her husband was dead, and Werper fancied that he could replace in the girl’s heart the position which had been vacated by the act of the grim reaper. 2 Symposium 220 "Golly, I feel like the devil!" muttered Anthony dispassionately. Relaxing, he tumbled back upon his pillow. "Bring on your grim reaper!" en The Clicking of Cuthbert P. G. Wodehouse 1922 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7028/pg7028-images.html Mary, will you be mine? Shall we go round together? Will you fix up a match with me on the links of life which shall end only when the Grim Reaper lays us both a stymie? en Drachinifel The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships! 6 March 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJJWG0viaZQ https://web.archive.org/web/20220704014027/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJJWG0viaZQ 4 July 2022 10 July 2022 25:58 On the one hand, we had a scenario where, effectively, the American admiral just went "You know what, all the destroyers attack", at which point they mowed through the Japanese destroyers like a Grim Reaper through a harvest of very, very dead gorn, especially with the Brooklyns in support. en 2021 January 13 Nigel Harris Comment: Make freight an equal priority Rail 3 But that is the likely outcome if the railway waits for Treasury's grim reaper to come a-calling. Synonyms personification of death en reaper, en Azrael, en death/Death, pale rider/rider, angel of death, Shinigami, psychopomp Derived terms en Grim Reaper paradox Related terms en like grim death Translations personification of Death Afrikaans: af skoppensboer Arabic: ar حِفَاف الْأَرْوَاح m Basque: eu Herio Bulgarian: bg а́нгел на смъртта́ m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 死神 sǐshén lit.: God of death Czech: cs smrtka f, cs smrťák m Danish: da manden med leen Dutch: nl Magere Hein, nl Pietje de Dood, nl engel des doods m, nl zeisenman m Esperanto: eo Falĉilulo, eo Mortulo Estonian: et vikatimees Finnish: fi viikatemies French: fr Faucheuse f, fr Mort f, fr Grande Faucheuse f, fr ange de la mort m German: de Gevatter Tod m, de Sensenmann m, de Schnitter m, de Todesengel m, de Quiqui m, de Freund Hein m, de Schlafes Bruder m Greek: el χάρος m, el άγγελος θανάτου m, el ανθρωποθεριστής m Hebrew: he מלאך המוות m mal'ákh hamávet מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת Hungarian: hu kaszás, hu halál angyala, hu a halál megszemélyesített formája Icelandic: is maðurinn með ljáinn m, is engill dauðans m Indonesian: id Malaikat Maut Irish: ga Bás m Italian: it Tristo Mietitore m, it Cupo Mietitore m, it Sinistro Mietitore m, it angelo della morte m Japanese: ja 死神 しにがみ, shinigami Kazakh: kk ажал, kk өлім періштесі Korean: ko 사신(死神), ko 저승사자 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb گیانکێش, ckb مەڵکەمووت, ckb پێمێرد Northern Kurdish: kmr Ruhstîn, kmr Canstîn, kmr melkemot Norwegian: Bokmål: nb mannen med ljåen m Nynorsk: nn mannen med ljåen m Polish: pl Ponury Żniwiarz m, pl kostucha f, pl śmiertka f Portuguese: pt Morte f, pt Ceifador m, pt anjo da morte m Romanian: ro înger al morții m Russian: ru смерть смерть (с косо́й) f, colloquial ru костля́вая f, religion ru а́нгел сме́рти m, religion ru Азраи́л m, ru стару́ха с косо́й f old woman with scythe poetic Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Смрт f Latin: sh Smrt f Silesian: szl śmjertka f Slovak: sk smrťka f, sk smrť f, colloquial sk zubatá f Spanish: es parca f, es muerte f, es ángel del la muerte m, es descarnada f, es pelona f, es huesuda f, es quirina f Nicaragua, es calaca f Mesoamerica Sranan Tongo: srn Akama-yaw, srn Fedi Swedish: sv liemannen c, sv dödsängel c Tagalog: tl Kamatayan Thai: th ยมทูต Turkish: religion tr Azrail, tr ölüm meleği Vietnamese: vi tử thần (vi 死神), vi thần chết Walloon: wa Fåtcheuse f, wa Noere Mayane f, wa Laid Wåtî m Welsh: cy yr Angau m, cy y Medelwr mawr m See also en Father Time en shinigami en terms derived from Middle English terms derived from Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European en Death Mythological creatures Personifications