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brim

Pronunciation: /brim/

“brim” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sea, ocean, water
  2. surf; the surface of the sea
  3. the edge of the sea or a body of water

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brimą (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to hum, make a noise”). cognates * Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō, “roar, roar like the ocean”, verb) * Dutch brommen (“to hum, buzz”)* Icelandic brim (“sea, surf”) * German brummen (“to hum, drone”) * Latin fremō (“roar, growl”, verb) * Old English brymm, brym…

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