wearm
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿearm
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *warmaz (compare Old Frisian warm (West Frisian waarm), Old Saxon warm (Low German warm), Dutch warm, Old High German warm (German warm), Old Norse varmr (Danish and Swedish varm), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), *gʷhormo- (whence Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus), or alternatively from *wer- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæɑ̯rm/, [wæɑ̯rˠm]
Adjective
wearm
- warm
Declension
Declension of wearm — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wearm | wearm | wearm |
| Accusative | wearmne | wearme | wearm |
| Genitive | wearmes | wearmre | wearmes |
| Dative | wearmum | wearmre | wearmum |
| Instrumental | wearme | wearmre | wearme |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wearme | wearma, -e | wearm |
| Accusative | wearme | wearma, -e | wearm |
| Genitive | wearmra | wearmra | wearmra |
| Dative | wearmum | wearmum | wearmum |
| Instrumental | wearmum | wearmum | wearmum |
Declension of wearm — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wearma | wearme | wearme |
| Accusative | wearman | wearman | wearme |
| Genitive | wearman | wearman | wearman |
| Dative | wearman | wearman | wearman |
| Instrumental | wearman | wearman | wearman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wearman | wearman | wearman |
| Accusative | wearman | wearman | wearman |
| Genitive | wearmra, wearmena | wearmra, wearmena | wearmra, wearmena |
| Dative | wearmum | wearmum | wearmum |
| Instrumental | wearmum | wearmum | wearmum |
Derived terms
- cūwearm
Descendants
- Middle English: warm, warme, werm, wearm
- Scots: wairm
- English: warm