ælmesse
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ælmesse — f ( an/ an) alms, almsgiving [L eleémosyna] … Old to modern English dictionary
alms — noun (plural alms) Etymology: Middle English almesse, almes, from Old English ælmesse, ælmes, from Late Latin eleemosyna alms, from Greek eleēmosynē pity, alms, from eleēmōn merciful, from eleos pity Date: before 12th century 1. archaic … New Collegiate Dictionary
Alms — or almsgiving exists in a number of religions. In general, it involves giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue. In Abrahamic religions, alms are given as charity to benefit the poor. In Buddhism, alms are given by lay people to … Wikipedia
Old English phonology — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects … Wikipedia
Middle English phonology — The phonology of Middle English is necessarily somewhat speculative, since it is preserved purely as a written language. Nevertheless, there is a very large corpus of Middle English. The dialects of Middle English vary greatly over both time and… … Wikipedia
ælmes — see ælmesse … Old to modern English dictionary
ælmysse — see ælmesse … Old to modern English dictionary
alms — [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna, which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
alms — (n.) O.E. ælmesse alms, almsgiving, from P.Gmc. *alemosna (Cf. O.S. alamosna, O.H.G. alamuosan, O.N. ölmusa), an early borrowing of V.L. *alemosyna (Cf. O.Sp. almosna, O.Fr. almosne, It. limosina), from Church L. eleemosyna (Tertullian, 3c.),… … Etymology dictionary
alms — [α:mz] plural noun (in historical contexts) charitable donations of money or food to the poor. Origin OE ælmysse, ælmesse, from Christian L. eleemosyna, from Gk eleēmosunē compassion , from eleēmōn compassionate , from eleos mercy … English new terms dictionary
