gimm

• ġim, ġym, ġymm

From Proto-West Germanic *gimmu.

• IPA^(key): /jimm/, [jim]

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

Strong a-stem:

• ġimwyrhta
• ġimstān

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