gimm – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of gimm

Noun: gimm
Gender:

Nominative

Singularġimm
Pluralġimmas

Genitive

Singularġimmes
Pluralġimma

Dative

Singularġimme
Pluralġimmum

Accusative

Singularġimm
Pluralġimmas

Sample Sentences

  • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
  • Þā brōhte sē cniht tō þām clǣnan mǣdene dēorwurþa ġimmas and woruldlīċe glenċġa and behēt hire welan ġif hēo wolde hine. (Then the boy brought the pure maiden valuable gems and worldly decorations and promised her riches if she would [be with] him.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gimmu.

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