folm
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]folm f
- (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
[edit]Declension of folm (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.
Noun
[edit]folm m
- hand, palm
- slog imu tegegnes folmo crafto
- He struck him by the force of his hands (Heliand, verse 4874)
Declension
[edit]Declension of folm (feminine i-stem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | folm | folmi |
accusative | folm | folmi |
genitive | folmi | folmiō |
dative | folmi | folmium |
instrumental | — | — |
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