helm – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of helm

Noun: helm
Sg.helm
Pl.helmes; helmen

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Luken sweord longe, leiden o þe helmen. (They drew their long swords and put on their helms.) [1275, Layamon’s Brut:]
  • 1475, An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wycliffe, quoting Ephesians 6:17 (The helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.)

Nouns inflected like helm

brest, cloud, wight, wet, dint, bord, bouk, barn, helm, wort,

Etymology

From Old English helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. See: Old English Nouns 'helm'.

Verbs referencing "helm"

English Nouns helm.

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