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§119; §219; §282; §563;
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  • Ǽþm

    alitus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 71.
  • Æthm, ii. 99, 78.

  • Æthme

    vapore,

      123, 14.
breath of a living creature
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  • Ǽlces fisces sciell bið tó óðerre geféged ðæt ðǽr ne mæg nán ǽðm út be-twuxn

    una squama uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas,

      Past. 361, 19.
hot breath, blast of fire
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  • Hé gefrét þæs fýres ǽþm,

      Hml. Th. i. 616, 24.
  • Hí ásprungon up mid ðám fýre . . . and þǽr slóh út ormǽte stenc mid ðám ǽðmum, ii. 350, 25.
hot vapour from liquids
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  • ꝥ se ǽþm (

    steam from a hot kettle

    ) ne mæge út,
      Lch. ii. 338, 18.

  • Drince on þám baþe and ne lǽte on þone éþm,

      78, 24.

  • Þá hátan wæter reócað and mycele ǽþmas (

    vapores

    ) wyrcað,
      Gr. D. 343, 4.

  • Baþena ǽþmas

    thermarum uapores,

      An. Ox. 4778.
vapour of the human body
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  • Of hómena ǽþme and stiéme cymð eágna mist. Lch. ii. 26, 26.

  • Þá þing þe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen,

      214, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽþm.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38064.

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