psealm
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin psalmus; the initial p- was probably silent except for in careful, learned speech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæ͜ɑlm/, [sæ͜ɑɫm]
Noun
psealm m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | psealm | psealmas |
| accusative | psealm | psealmas |
| genitive | psealmes | psealma |
| dative | psealme | psealmum |
Descendants
- Middle English: salm, psalm, psalme, psame, salme, saulm, saume, spalme, sallme, sealm, selm (Early Middle English)
Further reading
- Monika Opalińska (January 2018) “'Hearing the inaudible'. On scribal representations of phonological categories in medieval English verse”, in Bartomiej Czaplicki, Beata Łukaszewicz, Monika Opalińska, editors, Phonology, Fieldwork, Generalizations, Peter Lang, pages 169-184.