gimm

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gimmu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jimm/, [jim]

Noun

ġimm m

  1. gem, jewel
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Þā brōhte sē cniht tō þām clǣnan mǣdene dēorwurþa ġimmas and woruldlīċe glenċġa and behēt hire welan ġif hēo wolde hine.
      Then the boy brought the pure maiden valuable gems and worldly decorations and promised her riches if she would [be with] him.
  2. (poetic) sun

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġimm ġimmas
accusative ġimm ġimmas
genitive ġimmes ġimma
dative ġimme ġimmum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝimme, ȝem, ȝim, yimme; (through merger with Old French gemme, geme) gemme, geme, iemme, ieme
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