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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.
Pronunciation
Noun
folm f
- (poetic) hand, palm
1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book:Ne hafað hio fot ne folm ne æfre foldan hran / ne eagene ægþer twega ne muð hafað.- It has neither foot nor hand, nor touches the ground / nor two eyes nor mouth nor speaks with men
Declension
Declension of folm (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.
Noun
folm m
- hand, palm
slog imu tegegnes folmo crafto- He struck him by the force of his hands (Heliand, verse 4874)
Declension
Declension of folm (feminine i-stem)