besma

== Old English == === Alternative forms === besema bisme, bysm — possibly f === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“branch, rod, broom”); the forms bisme, bysm may come from a feminine byform *bismijā, *bismiju. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbes.mɑ/, [ˈbez.mɑ] === Noun === besma m broom, besom rod ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: besme, beseme, besome, bisme, beesme, besm, besom, bysme (Late Middle English), besum (Lincolnshire), besume, besumme (Catholicon Anglicum), besowme (Promptorium Parvulorum)English: besomMiddle Scots: bissome, bussomeScots: besom, bissom, bussom ==== References ==== Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “besma, bisme”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. === See also === brōm