"tharm" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /θarm/ Forms: tharmes [plural], þarm [alternative], þearm [alternative], þerm [alternative], tharme [alternative, Late-Middle-English], þarme [alternative, Late-Middle-English], þram [alternative, Late-Middle-English], thaarme [alternative]
Etymology: PIE root *terh₁- Inherited from Old English þearm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz. The "child" sense is a semantic loan from Latin viscera. Cognate to Old Frisian therm, Middle Low German darm, Middle Dutch darm, daerm, derm, Middle High German darm, Old Swedish tharmber, and Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos). Etymology templates: {{PIE root box|enm|terh₁-}} PIE root *terh₁-, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|þearm|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English þearm, {{inh+|enm|ang|þearm}} Inherited from Old English þearm, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*þarm}} Proto-West Germanic *þarm, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*þarmaz}} Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, {{semantic loan|enm|la|viscera|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Latin viscera, {{cog|ofs|therm}} Old Frisian therm, {{cog|gml|darm}} Middle Low German darm, {{cog|dum|darm}} Middle Dutch darm, {{cog|gmh|darm}} Middle High German darm, {{cog|gmq-osw|tharmber}} Old Swedish tharmber, {{cog|grc|τόρμος}} Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} tharm, {{enm-noun|tharmes}} tharm (plural tharmes)
  1. (usually in the plural) An intestine; one of the bowels (especially as food). Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-tharm-enm-noun-54IYyKzj
  2. (by extension) An internal organ; one of the guts. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-tharm-enm-noun-TQWFfwUs Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Anatomy, Children, Meats, Organs Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 3 36 5 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 25 1 31 1 7 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 28 61 7 3 Disambiguation of Children: 4 43 4 50 Disambiguation of Meats: 10 66 4 20 Disambiguation of Organs: 10 66 4 20
  3. (rare) An intestinal parasitic worm. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-tharm-enm-noun-oNYzA4BA Categories (other): Worms Disambiguation of Worms: 8 28 55 8
  4. (in the plural, rare) A child; one of one's immediate descendants. Tags: in-plural, rare
    Sense id: en-tharm-enm-noun-82R09g6Q Categories (other): Children Disambiguation of Children: 4 43 4 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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