hwamm

Old English

Alternative forms

• hwomm, hwemm, hwæmm

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwammaz. Cognate with Old Norse hvammr (“grassy hollow, vale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xwɑmm/, [ʍɑm]

Noun

hwamm m

1. angle, corner

   Ðā eode ūt of ðæs karcernes hwomme swīðe egeslīc draca

   Then came out of the corner of the prison a very terrifying drake

   On ðīnes hūses hwommum

   In your house's corners

   Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðēah ðe ðæt port beo trumlīce on ǣlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǣr biþ ān hwem open forlǣten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe

   What does it benefit the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side, if there is one corner left open, that the conquering army may have entrance through it?

   Ða fēower hwemmas ealles middangeardes

   The four corners of all the world

Declension

Declension of hwamm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwamm	hwammas
accusative	hwamm	hwammas
genitive	hwammes	hwamma
dative	hwamme	hwammum

Derived terms

• hwamstān m (“cornerstone”)

Descendants

• Middle English: whæm