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Old English · adjective

earm

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/æ͜ɑrm/
[æ͜ɑrˠm]
Syllables
æ͜ɑrm (1 syllable)
Modern English
armpoormiserable

earm1 · adjective

Senses

  1. poor, miserable

    earmne ānhogan · oft ġebindað,

    Then sorrow and sleep together at once oft bind the poor loner,

    Ðonne sorg ond slǣp · somod ætgædre

Declension

Strong declension of earm
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative earmearmearm
Accusative earmneearmeearm
Genitive earmesearmreearmes
Dative earmumearmreearmum
Instrumental earmeearmreearme
Plural
Nominative earmeearmaearmeearm
Accusative earmeearmaearmeearm
Genitive earmraearmraearmra
Dative earmumearmumearmum
Instrumental earmumearmumearmum
Weak declension of earm
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative earmaearmeearme
Accusative earmanearmanearme
Genitive earmanearmanearman
Dative earmanearmanearman
Instrumental earmanearmanearman
Plural
Nominative earmanearmanearman
Accusative earmanearmanearman
Genitive earmraearmenaearmraearmenaearmraearmena
Dative earmumearmumearmum
Instrumental earmumearmumearmum

earm2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. arm

    Wiht cwōm gongan þǣr weras sǣton moniġe on mæðle, mōde snottre; hæfde ān ēage ond ēaran twā, ond II fēt, XII hund hēafda, hryċ ond wombe ond honda twā, earmas ond eaxle, ānne swēoran ond sīdan twā. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.

    A being came walking there many men sat in a gathering, wise in mind; it had an eye and two ears, and two feet, twelve hundred heads, a back and a belly and two hands, arms and a shoulder, one neck and two sides. Say what I am.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 86:

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of earm
SingularPlural
Nominative earmearmas
Accusative earmearmas
Genitive earmesearma
Dative earmeearmum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *armaz, further etymology uncertain. Cognate with Old Frisian erm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German arm), Old Norse armr (Danish and Swedish arm), Gothic (arms).

From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mos (“joint”). Cognate with Old Frisian arm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German Arm), Old Norse armr (Swedish arm), Gothic (arms). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo) (Bulgarian ра́мо (rámo, “shoulder”)), Latin armus.

Descendants

arm

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