healm

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word healm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word healm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say healm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word healm you have here. The definition of the word healm will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhealm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English helm.

Noun

healm

  1. Alternative form of helm

Etymology 2

From Old English healm.

Noun

healm

  1. Alternative form of halm

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmą, *halmaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

healm n

  1. (botany) the stalk of a plant or grass
  2. straw; hay; stubble

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative healm healm
accusative healm healm
genitive healmes healma
dative healme healmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: halm, helm