different between halm vs hawm

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h?m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halm/, [hal?m]

Noun

halm c (singular definite halmen, not used in plural form)

1. haulm, straw

Derived terms

References

• “halm” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lm

Noun

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

1. haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English helm.

Noun

halm

1. Alternative form of helm

Etymology 2

From Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

Alternative forms

• healm, helme, halme, holme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halm/

Noun

halm (plural helmes)

1. The stalks remaining after cultivation; haulm, straw.
2. A grip or pole of a weapon.

Descendants

• English: haulm, halm

References

• “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)

1. straw

Derived terms

• halmtak

References

• “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)

1. straw

Derived terms

• halmtak

References

• “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr.

Pronunciation

Noun

halm c

1. straw, haulm

Declension

Related terms

References

• halm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology 1

Unknown

Verb

hawm (third-person singular simple present hawms, present participle hawming, simple past and past participle hawmed)

1. (Britain, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.
   • 1880, Tennyson, Ballads and Other Poems, The Northern Cobbler:

     Guzzlin' an' soäkin' an' smoäkin' an' hawmin' about i' the laanes, […]

Etymology 2

Noun

hawm (plural hawms)

1. Alternative form of haulm (straw)

Anagrams

• mwah, wham