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EARM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EARM, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §66; §278; §335; §426; §443; §444; §620;
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ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand; brachium
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  • Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan, ðǽr sculon xv scillinga to bóte

    if the arm be broken above the elbow, there shall be fifteen shillings for compensation,

    • L. Alf. pol. 54
      • ;
    • Th. i. 94, 24: 66
      • ;
    • Th. i. 96,
      • 28.

  • Earm brachium, Wrt. Voc. 64, 69: 71, 22: 283, 7:Ps. Lamb. 88, 22: 97, l. On mycelnysse earmes ðines

    in magnitūdĭne brachii tui.

    • Cant. Moys. Lamb. 187 b, 16: Ps. Th. 70, 17: 78,
      • 12.

  • He worhte mægne on hys earme

    fēcit potentiam in brachio suo,

    • Lk. Bos. 1, 51: Ex. 6, 6: Ps. Lamb. 76, 16: 135, 12: Beo. Th. 4711
      • ;
    • B. 2361
      • .

  • Se ðe earm þurhstinþ vi scillingum gebéte: gif earm forbrocen weorþ, vi scillingum gebéte

    let him who stabs [another] through the arm make amends with six shillings: if the arm be broken, let him make amends with six shillings,

    • L. Ethb. 53
      • ;
    • Th. i. 16, 7, 8: Byrht. Th. 136,
      • 43;
    • By. 165
      • .

  • Ánra gehwylc wið earm gesæt, hleonade wið handa

    each one rested on his arm, leaned on his hand.

    • Cd. 223
      • ;
    • Th. 291,
      • 18;
    • Sat. 432: Beo. Th. 1503
      • ;
    • B. 749
      • .

  • Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte

    each embraced the other with his arm,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2030
      • ;
    • An. 1017: Elen. Kmbl. 2470
      • ;
    • El. 1236
      • .

  • Forðanðe earmas synfulra beóþ tobrocene oððe beóþ tobrytte

    quŏniam brachia peccatōrum contĕrentur,

    • Ps. Lamb. 36, 17: 43,
      • 4.

  • Næfde séllícu wiht exle ne earmas

    the wonderful thing had not shoulders nor arms,

    • Exon. 108 b
      • ;
    • Th. 415,
      • 4;
    • Rä. 33, 6: 129 a
      • ;
    • Th. 494,
      • 24;
    • Rä. 83,
      • 6.

  • Ðe me mid his earmum worhte

    who made me with his arms,

    • Cd. 26
      • ;
    • Th. 34,
      • 28;
    • Gen. 544: Ps. Th. 90,
      • 11.

  • Muscl ðæs earmes the muscle of the arm; tŏrus vel muscŭlus

    vel

    lăcertus,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 72
      • ;
    • Som. 70,
      • 123;
    • Wrt. Voc. 43,
      • 48.
anything projecting from a main body, as an inlet of the sea or
ocean, etc; sĭnus, rāmus
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  • Ðæs sǽs earm

    an arm of the sea,

    • Ors. 1. 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 19, 10, 15, 19,
      • 21.

  • Earmes,

    • 23, 20: 24, 16,
      • 17.

  • Gársecges earm,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 1;
    • Bos. 18, 23: 19,
      • 9.
Etymology
[
Wyc. arm:
Chauc. arme:
Laym. ærm, arm:
Orm. arrrness, pl:
Plat. O. Sax. arm, m:
Frs. earm:
O. Frs. erm, arm, m:
Dut. Ger. M. H. Ger. arm, m:
O. H. Ger. arm, aram, m:
Goth. arms, m:
Dan. arm, m. f:
Swed. arm, m:
Icel. armr, m:
Lat. armus, m :
Grk. ἁρμός, m. the shoulder-joint:
Sansk. īrma, m. the arm
.]
Derived forms
sǽ-earm: , earm-beáh, -boga, -gegyrela, -hreád, -scanca, -slífe, -strang, -swíþ
Linked entries
v.  ærm arm.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “EARM.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8656.

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