English Explanatory Dictionary

walm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To roll; to spout; to boil up.

Pronunciation

/wɔːm/ /wɑ(ː)m/

Word forms

walm walms walming walmed

Etymology

From Middle English walmen (“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”), from walm, walme (“a gush, surge”), from Old English wælm, welm, wylm, wielm, wilm (“that which wells, a fount, stream, spring, source, surge”), from Proto-West Germanic *walmi, *walmu, from Proto-Germanic *walmiz, *walmuz.

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