fæþm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faþm.

Cognate with Old Saxon faþmos; Dutch vadem, vaam; Old High German fadum (German Faden), Old Norse faðmr (Icelandic faðmur, Danish favn, Swedish famn). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi) and Latin pateō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæθm/, [fæðm]

Noun

fæþm m (nominative plural fæþmas)

  1. the outstretched arms; embrace, bosom
  2. envelopment, grasp, control, power
  3. fathom (measurement); cubit

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fæþm fæþmas
accusative fæþm fæþmas
genitive fæþmes fæþma
dative fæþme fæþmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: fadme
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