Old English · noun

swamm

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /swɑmm/
[swɑm]
Syllables: swɑmm (1 syllable)
Modern English: mushroom fungus sponge

swamm1 · noun · masculine

Senses

mushroom, fungus
sponge

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of swamm
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	swamm	swammas
Accusative	swamm	swammas
Genitive	swammes	swamma
Dative	swamme	swammum

swamm2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

first/third-person singular past of swimman
Inflected form of swimman

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz (“tree-fungus, mushroom, sponge”), from Proto-Indo-European *swombh- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”). Cognate with Old High German swamb (“mushroom”) (German Schwamm), Old Norse svǫppr (“sponge, fungus”), Gothic (swamms, “sponge”). More at swamp.

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