womm

Old English

Alternative forms

• wom, wam, wamm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wamm, from Proto-Germanic *wammaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /womm/, [wom]

Noun

womm m or n

1. (literal or figurative) spot, mark, blot
2. (literal or figurative) filth, impurity, uncleanness
3. evil, sin; a shameful word or deed

Declension

Masculine: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	womm	wommas
accusative	womm	wommas
genitive	wommes	womma
dative	womme	wommum

Neuter: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	womm	womm
accusative	womm	womm
genitive	wommes	womma
dative	womme	wommum

Derived terms

• mānwomm m
• wlitewomm m
• womcwide m
• womdǣd f
• womfreht n
• womfull
• womlust m
• womsceaþa m
• womsċyldiġ
• womwlite m
• womwyrċende

Adjective

womm

1. foul
2. evil, wicked

Declension

Declension of womm — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	womm	womm	womm
Accusative	womne	womme	womm
Genitive	wommes	womre	wommes
Dative	wommum	womre	wommum
Instrumental	womme	womre	womme
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	womme	womma, womme	womm
Accusative	womme	womma, womme	womm
Genitive	womra	womra	womra
Dative	wommum	wommum	wommum
Instrumental	wommum	wommum	wommum

Declension of womm — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	womma	womme	womme
Accusative	womman	womman	womme
Genitive	womman	womman	womman
Dative	womman	womman	womman
Instrumental	womman	womman	womman
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	womman	womman	womman
Accusative	womman	womman	womman
Genitive	womra, wommena	womra, wommena	womra, wommena
Dative	wommum	wommum	wommum
Instrumental	wommum	wommum	wommum

Antonyms

• unġewemmed
• unwemme

Related terms

• wemman
• ġewemmedlīċ

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WAMM”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WAMM”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.