dwalm
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English dwolma (“confusion”).
Noun[edit]
dwalm (plural dwalms)
Verb[edit]
dwalm (third-person singular simple present dwalms, present participle dwalming, simple past and past participle dwalmed)
- (Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“confused, stunned”).[1] Cognate with Old English dwolma.
Noun[edit]
dwalm m
Declension[edit]
Declension of dwalm (masculine a-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dwalm | dwalmos |
| accusative | dwalm | dwalmos |
| genitive | dwalmes | dwalmō |
| dative | dwalme | dwalmum |
| instrumental | — | — |
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “DWOLMA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “261-267”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 261-267
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