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beorma

Pronunciation: /ˈbe͜or.mɑ/

“beorma” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. yeast, leaven
  2. the foam or head of a beer, beerhead

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to boil up”), from *bʰrewe- (“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to West Frisian berme (“barm”), Middle Dutch berm, barm (“barm”); Low German Bärm, Bärme; Swedish bärme; Old English brēowan (“to brew”), bēor (“beer”). Cognate to Albanian burmë (“fully ripe”). More at brew, beer.

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