Old English · noun
sunnebeam
Normalised sunnebēam
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsun.neˌbæ͜ɑːm/
- Syllables
- ˈsun · ne · ˌbæ͜ɑːm (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- sunbeam
Meaning
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sunbeam
An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III monðas ælċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam.
Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sunnebēam | sunnebēamas |
| Accusative | sunnebēam | sunnebēamas |
| Genitive | sunnebēames | sunnebēama |
| Dative | sunnebēame | sunnebēamum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
Equivalent to sunne + bēam.
Descendants
sunbeam
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