athem

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • eathem

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ǣþm (“breath, breathing”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem (“breath”), German Atem (“breath”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaðəm/

Noun

athem

  1. (very rare) Breath. [8th–13th c.]
    • approx. 1225, Homily In Diebus Dominicis in Lambeth:
      Hir (their) eathem shone as doth light among thonner (darkness).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Old Frisian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːðem/

Noun

āthem m

  1. Alternative form of āthum

References
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
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