"lom" meaning in Middle English

See lom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɔ̝ːm/, /lɑːm/ [Early-Middle-English], /laːm/ [Northern] Forms: lomb [alternative], lombe [alternative], lome [alternative], loome [alternative], lam [alternative, Early-Middle-English, Northern], lame [alternative, Northern]
Etymology: PIE root *h₂leyH- From Old English lām, from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimą. Etymology templates: {{PIE root box|enm|h₂leyH-}} PIE root *h₂leyH-, {{inh|enm|ang|lām}} Old English lām, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*laim}} Proto-West Germanic *laim, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*laimą}} Proto-Germanic *laimą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} lom, {{enm-noun|-}} lom (uncountable)
  1. Clay (especially as used in and pottery) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-lom-enm-noun-o8zKNVET
  2. Loam (a wettened mixture of clay and sand) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-lom-enm-noun-rN7Be-st Categories (other): Pages with 20 entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Geology Disambiguation of Pages with 20 entries: 5 9 2 1 1 5 0 3 3 0 3 13 3 7 11 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 4 1 1 1 2 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 71 5 Disambiguation of Geology: 8 84 8
  3. (chiefly Northern) The ground (as a place of inhumation) Tags: Northern, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lom-enm-noun-bJG4Wunm Categories (other): Northern Middle English

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "loam"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "lame"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "laim"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Shetland",
          "lang_code": "scz",
          "word": "laem"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "lame"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "lame"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "laim"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Shetland",
          "lang_code": "scz",
          "word": "laem"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "layme"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "h₂leyH-"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE root\n *h₂leyH-",
      "name": "PIE root box"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lām"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lām",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laim"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*laimą"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE root\n *h₂leyH-\nFrom Old English lām, from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lomb",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lombe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lome",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loome",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lom",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lom (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Clay (especially as used in and pottery)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lom-enm-noun-o8zKNVET",
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        [
          "Clay",
          "clay"
        ],
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "5 9 2 1 1 5 0 3 3 0 3 13 3 7 11 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 4 1 1 1 2 7",
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          "name": "Pages with 20 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 71 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 84 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "enm:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Loam (a wettened mixture of clay and sand)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lom-enm-noun-rN7Be-st",
      "links": [
        [
          "Loam",
          "loam"
        ],
        [
          "wetten",
          "wetten#English"
        ],
        [
          "mixture",
          "mixture#English"
        ],
        [
          "clay",
          "clay#English"
        ],
        [
          "sand",
          "sand#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ground (as a place of inhumation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lom-enm-noun-bJG4Wunm",
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#English"
        ],
        [
          "inhumation",
          "inhumation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Northern) The ground (as a place of inhumation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ̝ːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lom"
}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂leyH-",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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  ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "loam"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "lame"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "laim"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Shetland",
          "lang_code": "scz",
          "word": "laem"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "lame"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "lame"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "laim"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Shetland",
          "lang_code": "scz",
          "word": "laem"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "layme"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laim"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "*laimą"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE root\n *h₂leyH-\nFrom Old English lām, from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lomb",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lombe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lome",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loome",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "lom",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lom (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Clay (especially as used in and pottery)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Clay",
          "clay"
        ],
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Loam (a wettened mixture of clay and sand)"
      ],
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        [
          "Loam",
          "loam"
        ],
        [
          "wetten",
          "wetten#English"
        ],
        [
          "mixture",
          "mixture#English"
        ],
        [
          "clay",
          "clay#English"
        ],
        [
          "sand",
          "sand#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ground (as a place of inhumation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#English"
        ],
        [
          "inhumation",
          "inhumation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Northern) The ground (as a place of inhumation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ̝ːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lom"
}

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