æþm

• ǣðm, ēþm, ēðm

From Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén.

Cognate with Old High German ātum (German Atem), Old Saxon āthom, Old Frisian ethma, Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; essence”), Dutch adem.

• IPA^(key): /æːθm/, [æːðm]

ǣþm m

1. breathing
2. breath
3. vapour
   • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

     ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.

     ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.

Strong a-stem:

• ǣþmian

• ēþian (“to breathe”)

• Middle English: ethem