"helm" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /hɛlm/ Forms: helmes [plural], helmen [plural]
Etymology: From Old English helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|helm}} Old English helm, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*helm}} Proto-West Germanic *helm, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*helmaz}} Proto-Germanic *helmaz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} helm, {{enm-noun|pl=helmes|pl2=helmen}} helm (plural helmes or helmen)
  1. A helmet; a piece of armoured headgear. Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-helm-enm-noun-PABxtrbt Disambiguation of Headwear: 64 12 12 8 5
  2. (figurative) Any kind of protection or safeguarding. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-helm-enm-noun-8TMeodw3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 60 8 17 8 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 65 8 15 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 65 7 14 6
  3. (figurative, rare) A soldier; a fighting-man. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-helm-enm-noun-TUfFKNWA
  4. (rare, biblical) The crown of thorns that Jesus wore. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-helm-enm-noun-aiLrAzSt Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Armor Synonyms: helme, hælm, halm, healm Related terms: helmen, helmet
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} helm
  1. Alternative form of helme Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: helme
    Sense id: en-helm-enm-noun-DYlkvbVb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Armor
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for helm meaning in Middle English (4.8kB)

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