ramm
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɑmː/
Noun
ramm m
- ram (animal)
- battering ram
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
- Sumu word ġetācniaþ mā mid ānre clipunge: ariēs biþ ramm betwux sċēapum and ramm tō weallġeweorce, and Ariēs is ān þāra twelf tācna.
- Some words signify multiple things with one sound: aries is a ram among sheep and a ram for taking down walls, and Aries is a sign of the Zodiac.
- Sumu word ġetācniaþ mā mid ānre clipunge: ariēs biþ ramm betwux sċēapum and ramm tō weallġeweorce, and Ariēs is ān þāra twelf tācna.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
Declension
Derived terms
- Ramm (“Aries”)
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“frogspawn”).
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rjúmi, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.
Derived terms
- ramfil
- rammtrag
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