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urm (s.xii2)
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urm (s.xii2)

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ulm,  ulma,  ulme;  urme  (lorme  Fem2 54.2)  
  FEW:  ulmus 14,5a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  orme 10,243b TL: orme 6,1292 DEAF:  orme  DMF:  orme  TLF:  orme  OED:  elm n.  MED:  elm(e n.  DMLBS:  ulmus 3541b

The deviant form lorme is the result of an agglutination of the definite article, in the case of Fem2 lexicalized as it is preceded by le: ‘Et le lorme, il crest aucy’.

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bot.treeselm, deciduous tree of the genus Ulmus: 
( MS: s.xii2 )  taxus, iw: ulma  Aelfric Gloss 49.144
( MS: c.1250 )  Sequitur de arboribus [...] hic ulmus: ulm  TLL i 427.531
( MS: s.xiii2 )  ulmo: .i. ulme  TLL ii 6
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Urm, alne et verte huce (M.E. Elme, althir and holyn)  Nominale 662
( MS: s.xv )  Pernez agremoyne, l'escorche del urme, verveyne e sauz [...]  Five Med MSS 121.E47

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See also:

elme1  elmenebord  olmewiz  urmel  urmetel 
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