dwalm

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English dwolma (“confusion”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“confused, stunned”).

Noun

dwalm (plural dwalms)

  1. (Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.

Verb

dwalm (third-person singular simple present dwalms, present participle dwalming, simple past and past participle dwalmed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“confused, stunned”).[1] Cognate with Old English dwolma.

Noun

dwalm m

  1. benumbment, bemusement, confusion

Declension

dwalm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dwalm dwalmos
accusative dwalm dwalmos
genitive dwalmes dwalmō
dative dwalme dwalmum
instrumental — —

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “261-267”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 261-267
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