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lám

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
lám, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343;
Clay, mud, mire, earth
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  • Laam

    argilla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 56
      • ;
    • Som. 67, 35
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 25
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 66
      • .

  • Lám

    a[r]gella,

    • Wrt. Voc. 285, 7:

    limus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
      • ;
    • Som. 16, 4
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 81
      • .

  • Lámes gelícnes

    the body [after death],

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 368, 9
      • ;
    • Seel. 19
      • .

  • God gesceóp man of ðære eorþan láme

    formavit dominus deus hominem de limo terræ,

    • Gen. 2, 7
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 12, 29
      • :
    • 236, 15
      • .

  • Áfæstnod ic eom on láme grundes

    I sink in deep mire;

    infixus sum in Iimo profundi,

    • Ps. Spl. 68, 2
      • .

  • Genera mé of láme

    deliver me out of the mire;

    eripe me de luto,

    • C. 68, 18
      • .

  • Láme bitolden

    covered with earth [buried],

    • Exon. 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 235, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 555
      • :
    • 50 a
      • ;
    • Th. 173, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 1167
      • :
    • 117 b
      • ;
    • Th. 451, 5
      • ;
    • Dóm. 99
      • .

  • Ic áworpe ða myht fram mé ðe mé fram ðé geháten ys swá ðæt lám ðe ic myd mýnum fótum ontrede

    I cast away from me the power that is promised me by thee, as the dirt that I tread upon with my feet,

    • Shrn. 151, 22
      • .
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. lémo, leimo limus
:
O. H. Ger. leim argilla, limus, lutum
:
Ger. lehm.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lám.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21065.

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