"walm" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /wɔːm/, /wɑ(ː)m/ Forms: walms [present, singular, third-person], walming [participle, present], walmed [participle, past], walmed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English walmen (“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”), from walm, walme (“a gush, surge”), from Old English wælm, welm, wylm, wielm, wilm (“that which wells, a fount, stream, spring, source, surge”), from Proto-West Germanic *walmi, *walmu, from Proto-Germanic *walmiz, *walmuz. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|walmen|t=to surge, bubble forth, pour forth}} Middle English walmen (“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”), {{der|en|ang|wælm}} Old English wælm, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*walmi}} Proto-West Germanic *walmi, {{der|en|gem-pro|*walmiz}} Proto-Germanic *walmiz Head templates: {{en-verb}} walm (third-person singular simple present walms, present participle walming, simple past and past participle walmed)
  1. (obsolete) To roll; to spout; to boil up. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-walm-en-verb-G9QMKfUH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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