healm

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== healm alternative form of helm === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== healm alternative form of halm == Old English == === Alternative forms === halm === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmą, *halmaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑlm/, [hæ͜ɑɫm] === Noun === healm n (botany) the stalk of a plant or grass straw; hay; stubble ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: halm, helm English: halm, haulm, helm Scots: haulm