gilm

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

For earlier *ġielm, from Proto-West Germanic *galmi,[2] possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to flourish).

Pronunciation

Noun

ġilm m

  1. (rare) bunch of plant stems[3]

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġilm ġilmas
accusative ġilm ġilmas
genitive ġilmes ġilma
dative ġilme ġilmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: yelm
    • English: yelm, yealm

References

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gelm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Rolf Brenner (1988 December) “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 17, →DOI, pages 5-13
  3. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gilm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.