barm

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹm/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m === Etymology 1 === From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”). ==== Noun ==== barm (plural barms) (obsolete outside dialects) bosom lap ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English berme, berm, from Old English beorma, from Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast; barm”); related to the dialectal Low German Bärm (“yeast”), from Middle Low German barm, berm. The cake sense is possibly a shortened form of barmcake, which would be made with yeast as described in that sense, or possibly it is from the Irish bairín breac, a type of bread. ==== Noun ==== barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms) Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast. A small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread. ===== Derived terms ===== bacon barm barmbrack barmy chip barm ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English bermen, from the noun (see above). ==== Verb ==== barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed) To spurge; foam ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === AMBR, Bram == Albanian == === Alternative forms === barmë === Etymology === A masculine variant of barmë === Noun === barm m bast ==== Related terms ==== bardhë berk === References === == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz (“warm”). Cognate with German warm, Dutch warm, English warm, Icelandic varmur. === Adjective === barm (comparative bérmor, superlative dar bérmorste) (Luserna, Sette Comuni) warm, hot Hòite machetz barm. ― It's hot today. ==== Declension ==== === References === “barm” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse baðmr (“bosom”). ==== Noun ==== barm c (singular definite barmen, plural indefinite barme) bosom ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse barmr (“rim”). ==== Noun ==== barm c (singular definite barmen, plural indefinite barme) (nautical, archaic) a corner of a sail ===== Inflection ===== == Gothic == === Romanization === barm romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌼 == Icelandic == === Noun === barm indefinite accusative singular of barmur == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English bearm, from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== bærm, bearm, berm (early Southern and West Midlands) barme, barym (Late Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /barm/ ==== Noun ==== barm (plural barmes, dative singular barme) The lap (The portion of one's legs that lies flat while sitting) Late 14th century: And with that word this faucon gan to crie / And swowned eft in Canacees barm. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales chest, torso, abdomen Late 14th century: [...] kisse hire child er that it deyde / And in hir barm this litel child she leyde. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Clerk's Tale’, Canterbury Tales belly, stomach (rare) A flat surface that serves as a resting-place. ===== Descendants ===== English: barm Scots: berme, berm, barm ===== References ===== “barm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== barm (Late Middle English) alternative form of berme (“yeast”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse baðmr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑrm/ === Noun === barm m (definite singular barmen, indefinite plural barmar, definite plural barmane) a bosom === References === “barm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish barmber, from Old Norse baðmr (“bosom”). === Noun === barm c (somewhat solemn) bosom ==== Usage notes ==== Byst is often closer in tone to bosom in a casual, old-fashioned (folksy) context. Barm sounds somewhat solemn. ==== Declension ==== === References === barm in Svensk ordbok (SO) barm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) barm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)