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Old English · noun

besma

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈbes.mɑ/
[ˈbez.mɑ]
Syllables
ˈbes · mɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
besombroomrod

Meaning

  1. broom, besom

  2. rod

Declension

Declension of besma
SingularPlural
Nominative besmabesman
Accusative besmanbesman
Genitive besmanbesmena
Dative besmanbesmum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“branch, rod, broom”); the forms bisme, bysm may come from a feminine byform *bismijā, *bismiju.

Descendants

besom

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