chirm

Meanings

nounchirm (plural chirms)

plural chirms · alternative churm · alternative obsolete churme

obsoleteA din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

verbchirm (third-person singular simple present chirms, present participle chirming, simple past and past participle chirmed)

present singular third person chirms · participle present chirming · participle past chirmed · past chirmed · alternative churm · alternative obsolete churme

obsoleteTo chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.
Chyrme or chur, as byrdes do.
1552, Richard Huloet, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin

Proto-Germanic*karmaz
Proto-West Germanic*karmi
Old Englishċirm
Middle Englishchirm“the call of various birds; chirping”
Proto-West Germanic*karmijan“to make a sound”
Old Englishċirman“to make a noise, cry out, shout”
Middle Englishchirmen“to chirp, twitter”
Englishchirm

From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”).