English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English dwolma (confusion).

Noun

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dwalm (plural dwalms)

  1. (Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.

Verb

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dwalm (third-person singular simple present dwalms, present participle dwalming, simple past and past participle dwalmed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (confused, stunned).[1] Cognate with Old English dwolma.

Noun

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dwalm m

  1. benumbment, bemusement, confusion

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “261-267”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 261-267