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swamm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
swamm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
A fungus, mushroom; also a sponge
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  • Suom, suamm

    fungus,

    • Txts. 65, 938.

  • Swamm oððe feldswam

    fungus.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 22.

  • Swom

    fungus, spongus, dicta ab uligine,

    • 152, 21.

  • Ðes swam hoc tuber

    (cf. tubera taddechcse (= toadstool), Wfllck. Gl. 618, 4),
    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18
      • ;
    • Zup. 44, 1.

  • Nym hláf and sealt and swamm, and cnuca hit eal tógadere,

    • Lchdm. iii. 94, 21.

  • Syle etan gebrǽdne swam,

    • 142, 11.

  • Sinwealte swammas

    volvi,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28.

  • For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 346, 8.
Etymology
[
Goth. swamms a sponge
:
O.H. Ger. swamm, swamp fungus, tuber
:
Ger. schwamm sponge, fungus, excrescence
:
Du. zwam
:
Icel. svöppr a sponge
:
Dan. svamp sponge, fungus
:
Swed. swamp.
]
Similar entries
v. feld-, mete-swamm.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swamm.” 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/29538.

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