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Old English · noun

wamb

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/wɑmb/
Syllables
wɑmb (1 syllable)
Modern English
wombbellystomach

Meaning

  1. belly, stomach

    Wiht cwōm gongan þǣr weras sǣton moniġe on mæðle, mōde snottre; hæfde ān ēage ond ēaran twā, ond II fēt, XII hund hēafda, hryċ ond wombe ond honda twā, earmas ond eaxle, ānne swēoran ond sīdan twā. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.

    A being came walking there many men sat in a gathering, wise in mind; it had an eye and two ears, and two feet, twelve hundred heads, a back and a belly and two hands, arms and a shoulder, one neck and two sides. Say what I am.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 86:
  2. womb

Declension

Declension of wamb
SingularPlural
Nominative wambwambawambe
Accusative wambewambawambe
Genitive wambewamba
Dative wambewambum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wambō.

Descendants

womb

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