woma in Old English

IPA: /ˈwoː.mɑ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wōhmō, from Proto-Germanic *wōhmô (“noise, sound, shout, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”). Cognate with Old Norse ómr (“sound”), Old Norse ómun (“voice”), Old High German giwahan (“to mention”), Old Norse œmta (“to utter, mutter”), Latin vōx (“voice”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wōhmō}} Proto-West Germanic *wōhmō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wōhmô|t=noise, sound, shout, voice}} Proto-Germanic *wōhmô (“noise, sound, shout, voice”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*wekʷ-|t=to speak, sound}} Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”), {{cog|non|ómr|t=sound}} Old Norse ómr (“sound”), {{cog|non|ómun|t=voice}} Old Norse ómun (“voice”), {{cog|goh|giwahan|t=to mention}} Old High German giwahan (“to mention”), {{cog|non|œmta|t=to utter, mutter}} Old Norse œmta (“to utter, mutter”), {{cog|la|vōx|t=voice}} Latin vōx (“voice”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=wōma|head2=|sort=}} wōma m, {{ang-noun|m|head=wōma}} wōma m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|wōm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wōma|wōman|wōman|wōman|wōman|wōmena|wōman|wōmum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: wōma [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], wōma [nominative, singular], wōman [nominative, plural], wōman [accusative, singular], wōman [accusative, plural], wōman [genitive, singular], wōmena [genitive, plural], wōman [dative, singular], wōmum [dative, plural]

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          "english": "ground binds the falling snowstorm,\nhowling of winter, then the dark comes,",
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"woma" meaning in Old English

Noun