"swamm" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /swɑmm/, [swɑm]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz (“tree-fungus, mushroom, sponge”), from Proto-Indo-European *swombh- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”). Cognate with Old High German swamb (“mushroom”) (German Schwamm), Old Norse svǫppr (“sponge, fungus”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (swamms, “sponge”). More at swamp. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swamm}} Proto-West Germanic *swamm, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*swammaz||tree-fungus, mushroom, sponge}} Proto-Germanic *swammaz (“tree-fungus, mushroom, sponge”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*swombh-||sponge, tree-fungus, swamp}} Proto-Indo-European *swombh- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”), {{cog|goh|swamb||mushroom}} Old High German swamb (“mushroom”), {{cog|de|Schwamm}} German Schwamm, {{cog|non|svǫppr||sponge, fungus}} Old Norse svǫppr (“sponge, fungus”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃||sponge}} Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (swamms, “sponge”), {{m|en|swamp}} swamp Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} swamm m, {{ang-noun|m}} swamm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|swamm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|swamm|swammas|swamm|swammas|swammes|swamma|swamme|swammum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], swamm [nominative, singular], swammas [nominative, plural], swamm [accusative, singular], swammas [accusative, plural], swammes [genitive, singular], swamma [genitive, plural], swamme [dative, singular], swammum [dative, plural]
  1. mushroom, fungus Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Fungi
    Sense id: en-swamm-ang-noun-CHt2Pxh7 Disambiguation of Fungi: 77 3 20
  2. sponge Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-swamm-ang-noun-RiSKxomC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swom
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} swamm
  1. first/third-person singular past of swimman Tags: first-person, form-of, past, singular, third-person Form of: swimman
    Sense id: en-swamm-ang-verb-6PY3K64Q Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 6 1 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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