beorma

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to boil up”), from *bʰrewe- (“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to West Frisian berme (“barm”), Middle Dutch berm, barm (“barm”); Low German Bärm, Bärme; Swedish bärme; Old English brēowan (“to brew”), bēor (“beer”). Cognate to Albanian burmë (“fully ripe”). More at brew, beer.

Pronunciation

Noun

beorma m

  1. yeast, leaven
  2. the foam or head of a beer, beerhead

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative beorma beorman
accusative beorman beorman
genitive beorman beormena
dative beorman beormum

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