Old English · noun

fæþm

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fæθm/
[fæðm]
Syllables: fæθm (1 syllable)
Modern English: fathom envelopment outstretched cubit embrace measurement arms bosom

Meaning

the outstretched arms; embrace, bosom
envelopment, grasp, control, power
fathom (measurement); cubit

Declension

Declension of fæþm
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fæþm	fæþmas
Accusative	fæþm	fæþmas
Genitive	fæþmes	fæþma
Dative	fæþme	fæþmum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faþm. Cognate with Old Saxon faþmos; Dutch vadem, vaam; Old High German fadum (German Faden), Old Norse faðmr (Icelandic faðmur, Danish favn, Swedish famn). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi) and Latin pateō.

Descendants

fathom

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