breahtm

Old English

Alternative forms

• bearhtm, byrhtm, brehtm, beorhtm, bryhtm, beorht

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brahtm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bræ͜ɑxtm/

Noun

breahtm m

1. a noise; tumult; clamour; revelry, music; sound; cry
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants, lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	breahtm	breahtmas
accusative	breahtm	breahtmas
genitive	breahtmes	breahtma
dative	breahtme	breahtmum

Derived terms

• ēagan beorht
• ēagan bryhtm

Related terms

• breatmian