folm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulmō. Doublet of palm(a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folm/, [foɫm]
• Rhymes: -olm

Noun

folm f

1. (anatomy) (poetic) hand, palm
   • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book:

     Ne hafað hio fot ne folm ne æfre foldan hran / ne eagene ægþer twega ne muð hafað.

     It has neither foot nor hand, nor touches the ground / nor two eyes nor mouth nor speaks with men

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	folm	folma, folme
accusative	folme	folma, folme
genitive	folme	folma
dative	folme	folmum

Synonyms

• folma
• folme

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.

Noun

folm m

1. hand, palm

   slog imu tegegnes folmo crafto

   He struck him by the force of his hands (Heliand, verse 4874)

Declension

folm (feminine i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	folm	folmi
accusative	folm	folmi
genitive	folmi	folmiō
dative	folmi	folmium
instrumental	—	—