æþm
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén.
Cognate with Old High German ātum (German Atem), Old Saxon āthom, Old Frisian ethma, Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; essence”), Dutch adem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ǣþm m
- breathing
- breath
- vapour
- Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
- ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.
- ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.
- Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
Declension edit
ǣþm (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
- ēþian (“to breathe”)
Descendants edit
- Middle English: ethem