Old English · noun
ælmesse
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæl.mes.se/[ˈæɫ.mes.se]
- Syllables
- ˈæl · mes · se (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- alms
Meaning
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alms
...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...
Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna.
Descendants
alms
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