halm

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɔːm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /hɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

From Old Norse halmr.

• IPA^(key): /halm/, [halˀm]

halm c (singular definite halmen, not used in plural form)

1. haulm, straw

• “halm” in Den Danske Ordbog

• Rhymes: -ɑlm

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halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

1. haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)

Inherited from Old English healm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

• halme, healm, helme, holme

• IPA^(key): /halm/

halm (plural helmes)

1. The stalks remaining after cultivation; haulm, straw.
2. The grip or pole of a weapon.

• English: haulm, halm, helm

• “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

halm

1. Alternative form of helm

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

halm m (definite singular halmen)

1. straw

• halmtak

• “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• halm’e, hålm’e, hålm, håm’e, håm, hælm (hæłm), alm (dialectal)

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hálmur, Swedish and Danish halm, German Halm and English haulm.

• IPA^(key): /halm/, /haɽm/

halm m (definite singular halmen, indefinite plural halmar, definite plural halmane)

1. (collective) haulm, straw
2. straw stubble

   Synonym: halmstubb

• “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse halmr.

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halm c

1. straw, haulm

• halm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)