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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna.
Pronunciation
Noun
ælmesse f
- alms
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...- Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...- Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.
Declension
Declension of ælmesse (weak)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: almesse, allemesse, allmess, alme, almisse, almose, almouse, almus, amesse, elmes, elmesse