Old English · noun

lim

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /lim/
Syllables: lim (1 syllable)
Modern English: limb glue lime paste bodily mortar member

lim1 · noun · neuter

Senses

limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)

Wearm lim ġebundenne bǣg hwīlum bersteð.

Warm limb sometimes shatters the bound ring.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of lim
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lim	limu leomu
Accusative	lim	limu leomu
Genitive	limes	lima leoma
Dative	lime	limum leomum

lim2 · noun · masculine

Senses

glue; mortar, paste, lime

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of lim
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	līm	līmas
Accusative	līm	līmas
Genitive	līmes	līma
Dative	līme	līmum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *limu, probably related to *liþu- (whence liþ). Cognate with Old Norse limr.

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-. Cognate with Middle Dutch līm (Dutch lijm), Old High German līm (German Leim), Old Norse lím (Swedish lim). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin līmus (“mud”).

Descendants

limb, lime

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