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Meanings of mimer in English

Portuguese
mímica
Catalan
mim
Spanish
pantomimo

An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.

        mímica
        Usage of mimer in English
        1
        Another is resigned, a perfect mimer, but stupid.
        Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
        2
        Then Mimer stepped up to the armor and touched it with his foot.
        A Child's Story Garden
        3
        It is this wisdom that Mimer keeps in his fountain.-NorseMythology, p 209.
        The Story of Siegfried
        4
        Mimer's friends, and the great king, too, joined in the applause.
        A Child's Story Garden
        5
        One day Mimer came into the shop and sat down beside Siegfried's anvil.
        A Child's Story Garden
        6
        But Mimer's friends waited in breathless silence, hoping, and yet fearing.
        The Story of Siegfried
        7
        He had not sought it for himself, but for Mimer's sake.
        Bertha, Our Little German Cousin
        8
        Then Regin laughed, and asked, How long art thou to be Mimer's thrall?
        The Story of Siegfried
        9
        As the stream bore the bundle downwards, Mimer held the sword in its way.
        The Story of Siegfried
        10
        On the eighth day the sword was fashioned, and Siegfried brought it to Mimer.
        The Story of Siegfried
        11
        The other pupils laughed in scorn, but Mimer checked them.
        The Story of Siegfried
        12
        The boys all hung their heads, for they knew not how to help Mimer.
        A Child's Story Garden
        13
        Mimer was a dwarf, belonging to a strange race of little folk called Nibelungs.
        Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
        14
        One, two, three times the sword flashed about Mimer's head.
        A Child's Story Garden
        15
        I have come for charcoal for my master Mimer's forges.
        The Story of Siegfried
        16
        Concerning the Mimer of the Eddas, Professor Anderson says, The name Mimer means the knowing.
        The Story of Siegfried
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for mimer
        Mimer through the time