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þearm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þearm, es; m.
A gut, an intestine [Tharm = guts washed for making hogs' puddings, is given as a Lincolnshire word in Bailey's Dictionary; with the meaning, 'material of which fiddle-strings are made,' it is given in E. D. S. Pub. Cumberland Glossary; and in Jamieson's Dictionary therm, tharme = the intestines; a gut prepared, especially as a string for a musical instrument]
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  • Þearm, thearm

    intestinum,

      Txts. 69, 1058.
  • Þearm fibra, 63, 870: Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 55:

    intestinum,

      44, 2.
  • Þearm fibra, þearma fibrarum, þearmas

    fibre,

      35, 39-41.
  • Blind þearm

    cecum,

      16, 59.
  • Lǽcedómas wiþ þearmes útgange, and gif men bilyhte sié ymb ðone þearm,

      Lchdm. ii. 170, 27.
  • Þearmas fibrae, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 16: intestina, ii. 49, 50:

    exta,

      Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 85, 10.
  • Ðearmas,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 14.
  • Smæle þearmas

    ilia,

      44, 46.
  • Þearma

    fibrarum,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 62.
  • Darmana,

      Txts. 111, 27.
  • Þearmas

    fibras,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 5: Hpt. Gl. 453, 14.
Etymology
[Þærmes (þarmes, 2nd MS.), Laym. 818. Þermes, 18451. Þine þarmes þralinge, H. M. 35, 26, Thaarme or gutte sumen, viscus, Prompt. Parv. 490. A tharme trutum, Wrt. Voc. i. 247, 5 (15th cent.). O. Frs. thermar; pl.: O. L. Ger. thermí; pl. exta: O. H. Ger. darm fibra; pl. darma intestina, ilia: Ger. darm: Icel. þarmr; pl. þarmar: Dan. Swed. tarm gut.]
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v. bæc-, smeoru-, snǽdel-þearm, smæl-þearmas,
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  • þearm, n.