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bearm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
bearm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §335;
The bosom, lap; sinus, gremium
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  • On eówerne bearm

    in sinum vestrum,

    • Lk. Bos. 6, 38
    • .
  • Iosep hí nam of ðæs fæder bearme

    Ioseph eos tulit de gremio patris,

    • Gen. 48, 12
    • :
    • Cd. 216; Th. 274, 12
    • ;
    • Sat. 153
    • .
  • Ðá wæs fæger foldan bearm

    then was earth's bosom fair,

    • Beo. Th. 2278
    • ;
    • B. 1137
    • .
  • Alédon leófne þeóden on bearm scipes

    they laid the beloved chief in the ship's bosom,

    • Beo. Th. 70
    • ;
    • B. 35
    • :
    • Exon. 101 b; Th. 382, 28
    • ;
    • Rä. 4, 3
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. barme the bosom
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O. Sax. barm, m. sinus, gremium
:
O.Frs. barm-bracco a lap-dog
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O. H. Ger. barm, m
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Goth. barms, m
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Icel. barmr, m. I. the brim of anything; ora, margo; II. the bosom; gremium : from beran, beoran to bear, to carry in folded arms, or on the bosom
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v.  bærm baorm barm bierm.
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  • bearm, n.