wearm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warm.

See also Old Frisian warm (West Frisian waarm), Old Saxon warm (Low German warm), Dutch warm, Old High German warm (German warm), Old Norse varmr (Danish varm, Swedish varm); also possibly Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑrm/, [wæ͜ɑrˠm]
• Rhymes: -æ͜ɑrm

Adjective

wearm

1. warm
   • c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:

     Wearm lim ġebundenne bǣg hwīlum bersteð.

     Warm limb sometimes shatters the bound ring.

Declension

Declension of wearm — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wearm	wearm	wearm
Accusative	wearmne	wearme	wearm
Genitive	wearmes	wearmre	wearmes
Dative	wearmum	wearmre	wearmum
Instrumental	wearme	wearmre	wearme
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wearme	wearma, wearme	wearm
Accusative	wearme	wearma, wearme	wearm
Genitive	wearmra	wearmra	wearmra
Dative	wearmum	wearmum	wearmum
Instrumental	wearmum	wearmum	wearmum

Declension of wearm — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wearma	wearme	wearme
Accusative	wearman	wearman	wearme
Genitive	wearman	wearman	wearman
Dative	wearman	wearman	wearman
Instrumental	wearman	wearman	wearman
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wearman	wearman	wearman
Accusative	wearman	wearman	wearman
Genitive	wearmra, wearmena	wearmra, wearmena	wearmra, wearmena
Dative	wearmum	wearmum	wearmum
Instrumental	wearmum	wearmum	wearmum

Derived terms

• cūwearm

Descendants

• Middle English: warm, warme, werm, wearm
  • Scots: wairm
  • English: warm