dwimor

• dwimer, dwymer
• dwymor (in compounds)

From Proto-Germanic *dwemrą (“vapour, smoke, apparition”), from Proto-Germanic *dwemaną (“to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwi.mor/

dwimor n (nominative plural dwimor)

1. phantom, ghost, apparition
2. illusion, delusion; error

• Unattested outside of compound words and a single gloss (as dwimer). As a standalone word, the prefixed form ġedwimor was used instead.

• ġedwimor

• ġedwomer

• Middle English: dweomer, dwimer
  • English: dweomer, dwimmer