"hwamm" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /xwɑmm/, [ʍɑm]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hwammaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwammaz, {{cog|non|hvammr||grassy hollow, vale}} Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=hwamm|head2=|sort=}} hwamm m, {{ang-noun|m|head=hwamm}} hwamm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|hwamm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|hwamm|hwammas|hwamm|hwammas|hwammes|hwamma|hwamme|hwammum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hwamm [nominative, singular], hwammas [nominative, plural], hwamm [accusative, singular], hwammas [accusative, plural], hwammes [genitive, singular], hwamma [genitive, plural], hwamme [dative, singular], hwammum [dative, plural]
  1. angle, corner Tags: masculine Synonyms: hwomm, hwemm, hwæmm Derived forms: hwamstān (english: cornerstone) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-hwamm-ang-noun-sjFxIo7W Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Middle English: whæm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwammaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwammaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hvammr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grassy hollow, vale"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "hwamm",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hwamm m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "hwamm"
      },
      "expansion": "hwamm m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwamm"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwamm",
        "2": "hwammas",
        "3": "hwamm",
        "4": "hwammas",
        "5": "hwammes",
        "6": "hwamma",
        "7": "hwamme",
        "8": "hwammum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "cornerstone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hwamstān"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then came out of the corner of the prison a very terrifying drake",
          "text": "Ðā eode ūt of ðæs karcernes hwomme swīðe egeslīc draca",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In your house's corners",
          "text": "On ðīnes hūses hwommum",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "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?",
          "text": "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",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The four corners of all the world",
          "text": "Ða fēower hwemmas ealles middangeardes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "angle, corner"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwamm-ang-noun-sjFxIo7W",
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hwomm"
        },
        {
          "word": "hwemm"
        },
        {
          "word": "hwæmm"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwɑmm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍɑm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwamm"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "cornerstone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hwamstān"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Middle English: whæm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwammaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwammaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hvammr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grassy hollow, vale"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwamme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwammum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "hwamm",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hwamm m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "hwamm"
      },
      "expansion": "hwamm m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwamm"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwamm",
        "2": "hwammas",
        "3": "hwamm",
        "4": "hwammas",
        "5": "hwammes",
        "6": "hwamma",
        "7": "hwamme",
        "8": "hwammum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then came out of the corner of the prison a very terrifying drake",
          "text": "Ðā eode ūt of ðæs karcernes hwomme swīðe egeslīc draca",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In your house's corners",
          "text": "On ðīnes hūses hwommum",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "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?",
          "text": "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",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The four corners of all the world",
          "text": "Ða fēower hwemmas ealles middangeardes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "angle, corner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwɑmm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍɑm]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hwomm"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwemm"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwæmm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwamm"
}

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