eormen-

Old English

Alternative forms
  • iermen-, yrmen-, irmen-

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *irmin-, *ermin-. Akin to Old Saxon irmin-, Icelandic jörmun-, Old English eormen "huge, great", Gothic airmana-

Prefix

eormen-

  1. a prefix denoting a sense of greatness, universality; whole, immense, pan-
    eormencynn "mankind, humanity"
    eormenlāf "great legacy", "enormous bequeathal"
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