sunnebeam

Old English

Alternative forms

• sunnbēam

Etymology

Equivalent to sunne +‎ bēam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.neˌbæ͜ɑːm/

Noun

sunnebēam m (nominative plural sunnebēamas)

1. sunbeam
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III monðas ælċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam.

     Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sunnebēam	sunnebēamas
accusative	sunnebēam	sunnebēamas
genitive	sunnebēames	sunnebēama
dative	sunnebēame	sunnebēamum

Descendants

• Middle English: sonnebeem
  • English: sunbeam
  • Scots: sunbeam

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “SUNNEBĒAM”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.