eormen-

Old English

Alternative forms

  • yrmen-, irmin-, irmen-, iurmin-, iurmen-

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ermun-, *irmin-, from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Akin to Old Saxon irmin-, Icelandic jörmun-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe͜or.men/, [ˈe͜orˠ.men]

Prefix

eormen-

  1. greatness, universality; whole, immense, pan-
    ‎eormen- + ‎cynn → ‎eormencynn (“mankind, humanity”)
    ‎eormen- + ‎lāf → ‎eormenlāf (“great legacy, enormous bequeathal”)
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