eldertongue

Old English · noun

hearma

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈxæ͜ɑr.mɑ/
[ˈhæ͜ɑrˠ.mɑ]
Syllables
ˈxæ͜ɑr · mɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
erminefieldmouseshrewmousedormouse

Meaning

  1. ermine

  2. shrewmouse

  3. fieldmouse; dormouse

Declension

Declension of hearma
SingularPlural
Nominative hearmahearman
Accusative hearmanhearman
Genitive hearmanhearmena
Dative hearmanhearmum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *harmō, from Proto-Germanic *harmô (“ermine; weasel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormen-, *ḱormō (“weasel”). Cognate with Old High German harmo (“ferret”).

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