Old English · noun

elebeam

Normalised elebēam

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈe.leˌbæ͜ɑːm/
Syllables: ˈe · le · ˌbæ͜ɑːm (3 syllables)
Modern English: olive tree olive

Meaning

olive tree

Declension

Declension of elebeam
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	elebēam	elebēamas
Accusative	elebēam	elebēamas
Genitive	elebēames	elebēama
Dative	elebēame	elebēamum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *olibaum. Cognate with Old High German olibaum (German Ölbaum). Compare also Gothic (alēwabagms), which is almost the same but has a slightly different word for "oil." Equivalent to ele (“oil”) + bēam (“tree”).

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