barm

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 See also 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.1.1.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Inflection 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English bearm.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑ:m/

[edit] Noun

barm (plural barms)

1. (obsolete except in dialects) Bosom, lap.
   • Late C14: And with that word this faucon gan to crie / And swowned eft in Canacees barm. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English beorma. The cake sense is possibly a shortened form of barmcake, which would be made with yeast as described in that sense. Possibly it is from the Irish báirín breac, a type of cake.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑ:m/

[edit] Noun

barm (countable and uncountable; plural barms)

1. Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.

   • 1882: In 1577 yeast, called barm, is bought at 9d. the pail. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 620.

2. A small flat round, individual loaf, or roll of bread.

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse baðmr (“‘bosom’”).

[edit] Noun

barm c. (singular definite barmen, plural indefinite barme)

1. bosom

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse barmr (“‘rim’”).

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barm c. (singular definite barmen, plural indefinite barme)

1. (nautical, archaic) a corner of a sail

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[edit] Noun

barm c.

Inflection for barm	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	barm	barmen	barmar	barmarna
Possessive form	barms	barmens	barmars	barmarnas

1. bosom