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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.]
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v. feld-, mete-swamm.
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