gimm

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġim, ġym, ġymm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gimmu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jimm/, [jim]

Noun

ġimm m

1. gem, jewel
2. (poetic) sun

Declension

Declension of gimm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġimm	ġimmas
accusative	ġimm	ġimmas
genitive	ġimmes	ġimma
dative	ġimme	ġimmum

Derived terms

• ġimwyrhta
• ġimstān

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝimme, ȝem, ȝim, yimme; (through merger with Old French gemme, geme) gemme, geme, iemme, ieme
  • English: gem
  • Scots: gem