hwamm

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old Norse hvammr (grassy hollow, vale).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hwamm m

  1. angle, corner
    Ðā eode ūt of ðæs karcernes hwomme swīðe egeslīc draca
    Then came out of the corner of the prison a very terrifying drake
    On ðīnes hūses hwommum
    In your house's corners
    Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðēah ðe ðæt port beo trumlīce on ǣlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǣr biþ ān hwem open forlǣten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe
    What does it benefit the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side, if there is one corner left open, that the conquering army may have entrance through it?
    Ða fēower hwemmas ealles middangeardes
    The four corners of all the world

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