different between marm vs yarm

English

Etymology

Respelling of ma'am.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Noun

marm (plural marms)

1. (archaic) madam; a polite term of address for a lady.

Derived terms

• marmsome
• schoolmarm

See also

• ma'am
• madam
• mam

Anagrams

• ARMM, MRAM, Ramm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?rm/

Noun

marm m (definite singular marmen, uncountable)

1. (archaic) the drone of the sea or of running water
   • 1895, Arne Garborg, Haugtussa:

     Eg kjenner deg, du Havsens Marm, med Galdre-Song […]

     I know you, you drone of the sea, with magic song […]

References

• “marm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?armen, ?ermen, from Old English gyrman, ?ierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *germijan? (“to bleat”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”).

Verb

yarm (third-person singular simple present yarms, present participle yarming, simple past and past participle yarmed)

1. (Britain dialectal) To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
2. (Britain dialectal) To scold; grumble.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ?arm, from ?armen.

Noun

yarm (plural yarms)

1. (Britain dialectal) An outcry; noise.

Anagrams

• ARMY, Army, Mary, Mayr, Myra, army, mary

Tocharian B

Noun

yarm

1. measure, measurement