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BEORMA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
Barm, leaven, yeast, froth; fermentum
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  • Se beorma awent ða gesceafta of heora gecynde

    barm changes creatures from their nature

    • Homl. Th. ii. 278, 21.
  • Wistfullian on yfelnysse beorman

    to feast on the barm of evil

    • ii. 278, 25.
  • Heofena ríce is gelíc ðam beorman

    cœlorum regnum simile est fermento

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 33 : Lk. Bos. 13, 21.
  • Nim ele and hunig and beorman

    take oil and honey and barm

    • Lchdm. i. 398, 6 : Exon. 71 b
    • ;
    • Th. 266, 11
    • ;
    • Jul. 396.
Etymology
[
Plat. Dut. barm , m. fæx
:
Ger.barme, bärme f
:
Dan. Swed. bærme, dregs, lees, barm.
]
Similar entries
v. and-, andbita.
Linked entries
v.  and-beorma ge-byrman.
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  • BEORMA, n.