folm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /folm/, [foɫm]

Noun

folm f

  1. (poetic) hand, palm
    • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book
      Ne hafað hio fot ne folm ne æfre foldan hran / ne eagene ægþer twega ne muð hafað.
      It has neither foot nor hand, nor touches the ground / nor two eyes nor mouth nor speaks with men

Declension

Synonyms


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulmō.

Noun

folm f

  1. (poetic) hand, palm
    slog imu tegegnes folmo crafto
    He struck him by the force of his hands (Heliand, verse 4874)

Declension


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