athem

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eathem

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ǣþm (“breath, breathing”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem (“breath”), German Atem (“breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaðəm/

Noun

athem

1. (very rare) Breath. [8th–13th c.]
   • approx. 1225, Homily In Diebus Dominicis in Lambeth:

     Hir (their) eathem shone as doth light among thonner (darkness).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• The Middle English Dictionary

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːðem/

Noun

āthem m

1. Alternative form of āthum

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN