Old English · noun

beorma

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈbe͜or.mɑ/
[ˈbe͜orˠ.mɑ]
Syllables: ˈbe͜or · mɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: beerhead yeast barm leaven beer foam

Meaning

yeast, leaven
the foam or head of a beer, beerhead

Declension

Declension of beorma
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beorma	beorman
Accusative	beorman	beorman
Genitive	beorman	beormena
Dative	beorman	beormum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to boil up”), from *bʰrewe- (“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to West Frisian berme (“barm”), Middle Dutch berm, barm (“barm”); Low German Bärm, Bärme; Swedish bärme; Old English brēowan (“to brew”), bēor (“beer”). Cognate to Albanian burmë (“fully ripe”). More at brew, beer.

Descendants

barm

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