gimm

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġim, ġym, ġymm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gimmu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jimm/, [jim]

Noun

ġimm m

1. gem, jewel
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā brōhte sē cniht tō þām clǣnan mǣdene dēorwurþa ġimmas and woruldlīċe glenċġa and behēt hire welan ġif hēo wolde hine.

     Then the boy brought the pure maiden valuable gems and worldly decorations and promised her riches if she would [be with] him.

2. (poetic) sun

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġimm	ġimmas
accusative	ġimm	ġimmas
genitive	ġimmes	ġimma
dative	ġimme	ġimmum

Derived terms

• ġimstān
• ġimwyrhta
• godġimm
• tungolġimm

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝimme, ȝem, ȝim, yimme; (through merger with Old French gemme, geme) gemme, geme, iemme, ieme
  • English: gem
  • Scots: gem