athem
Middle English
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editEtymology
editInherited from Old English ǣþm (“breath, breathing”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem (“breath”), German Atem (“breath”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editathem
- (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
editOld Frisian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editāthem m
- Alternative form of āthum
References
edit- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
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