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German astronomer (1846–1901)
Adolph Christian Wilhelm Schur, RAS Associate (15 April 1846 – 1 July 1901) was a German astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen
Wilhelm_Schur
German mathematician (1875–1941)
Schur: Schur algebra Schur complement Schur index Schur indicator Schur multiplier Schur orthogonality relations Schur polynomial Schur product Schur
Issai_Schur
Open cluster in the constellation Cancer
and so he added some well-known bright objects to boost his list. Wilhelm Schur, as director of the Göttingen Observatory, drew a map of the cluster
Beehive_Cluster
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (29 March 1827 in Hofgeismar – 28 January 1884 in Göttingen) was a German astronomer and meteorologist. He discovered
Wilhelm_Klinkerfues
Astronomical observatory in Germany
death in 1884, after which directorship passed on to Wilhelm Schur in 1886. Throughout 1887/1888 Schur led a complete redevelopment of the observatory. Major
Göttingen_Observatory
German astronomer (1861–1920)
funding for astronomy, which he blamed partly on Friedrich Winnecke and Wilhelm Schur, who headed the astronomy department and directed the Strasbourg observatory
Adolf_Berberich
East German bicycle racer and politician (born 1931)
Gustav-Adolf "Täve" Schur (born 23 February 1931) is a former East German cyclist. He was born in Heyrothsberge, Saxony. His sporting career began with
Täve_Schur
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
and fellow refugee, Max Schur, reminding him that they had previously discussed the terminal stages of his illness: "Schur, you remember our 'contract'
Sigmund_Freud
Hermann Schubert Horst Schubert Johann Friedrich Schultz Friedrich Schur Issai Schur Edmund Schuster Christof Schütte Kurt Schütte Hermann Schwarz Daniel
List_of_German_mathematicians
Public university in Bonn, Germany
of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), is a public research university
University_of_Bonn
Austrian author (1865–1924)
to the dream of Irma's injection in The Interpretation of Dreams: "Max Schur grasped right away the significance of the episode to the 'Irma' dream.
Emma_Eckstein
Genus of lettuces
D. Don Bunioseris Jord. Cephalorrhynchus Boiss. Cyanoseris (W.D.J.Koch) Schur Lactucella Nazarova Lactucopsis Schultz Bipontinus ex Visiani Lagedium Soják
Lactuca
determination of the double star η̳ Coronae borealis in Munich) under Adolph Schur and Leopold Ambronn. He then worked as an assistant at the Göttingen observatory
Ernst_A._F._W._Grossmann
German mathematician
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Rohn (25 January 1855 in Schwanheim – 4 August 1920 in Leipzig) was a German mathematician, who studied geometry. Rohn studied
Karl_Rohn
1899 book by Sigmund Freud
insights derived from years devoted to the fantasies of neurotics". Max Schur, Freud's physician and friend, provided evidence in Freud: Living and Dying
The_Interpretation_of_Dreams
Mathematical group
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Symplectic_group
German mathematician
Nature, 57 (1479): 416, Bibcode:1898Natur..57..416H, doi:10.1038/057416a0 Schur, W. (1898), "Todes-Anzeige", Astronomische Nachrichten (in German), 145
Ernst Christian Julius Schering
Ernst_Christian_Julius_Schering
1936 film
Director Kiriak Willi Schur as Dobre - Werkmeister Karl Hannemann as Roman - Bohrmeister Emil Höfer as Nicu Katja Specht as Mitza Wilhelm König as Ingenieur
The Impossible Woman (1936 film)
The_Impossible_Woman_(1936_film)
1940 film
Kate Kühl as Emilie Walter Lieck as Schulze Lotte Rausch as Amanda Willi Schur as Köppke Paul Westermeier as Paul Borchert Otto Matthies Bob Bolander Otto
Twilight_(1940_film)
German politician
Wilhelm Dietzel is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag. He was Hesse's Minister for
Wilhelm_Dietzel
1934 German film
Wesemeier, the new teacher Karl Dannemann as Rupf, the new gendarme Willi Schur as Egon Mahnke, bailiff Fita Benkhoff as Erna Klüfkorn, bride Max Eckard
Trouble_with_Jolanthe
German mathematician
1926 and his Habilitation in mathematical astronomy from the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin in 1929. In 1971, Hopf was the American Mathematical
Eberhard_Hopf
1939 film
Eickstädt Wilhelm Bendow as Straaßenbahnschaffner Wolf Ackva as Dr. Smolny Reinhold Bernt as Dr. Reithofer Arthur Fritz Eugens as Helmuth Willi Schur as Kantinenwirt
Mistake_of_the_Heart
German politician (born 1952)
Wolfgang Walter Wilhelm Bosbach (born 11 June 1952) is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which he joined in 1972
Wolfgang_Bosbach
German professional society
1902: Wilhelm Franz Meyer 1905: Paul Stäckel 1906: Alfred Pringsheim 1909: Martin Krause, Dresden 1910: Friedrich Engel 1911: Friedrich Schur 1913: Karl
German_Mathematical_Society
Dream analysed by Sigmund Freud
Eckstein to Wilhelm Fliess for nasal surgery, the consequences of which were almost fatal for Eckstein and left her permanently disfigured. Schur believed
Irma's_injection
1931 film directed by Richard Oswald
he was eventually caught. Max Adalbert as Wilhelm Voigt Ernst Dernburg as discharge administrator Willi Schur as Kalle Paul Wagner [de] as Captain von
The Captain from Köpenick (1931 film)
The_Captain_from_Köpenick_(1931_film)
Species of grass
Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 297 (1868) Festuca drymeja f. lucorum (Schur) Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 476 (1972) Festuca
Festuca_drymeja
(1797–1884), physicist, contributed to fluid dynamics Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799–1878), German-Austrian pharmacist and botanist Adolph Eduard Grube
List of people from Königsberg
List_of_people_from_Königsberg
Genus of grasses
Tricholemma. List of Poaceae genera 1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
Avenula
German mathematician (1804–1851)
to introduce and study the symmetric polynomials that are now known as Schur polynomials, giving the so-called bialternant formula for these, which is
Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi
History of a branch of mathematics
systematically in 1884 with Sophus Lie, followed by work of Wilhelm Killing, Eduard Study, Issai Schur, Ludwig Maurer, and Élie Cartan. The discontinuous (discrete
History_of_group_theory
Formula in Lie theory
solution. An earlier statement of the form was adumbrated by Friedrich Schur in 1890 where a convergent power series is given, with terms recursively
Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula
Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff_formula
248-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
described (but without its character table) in the ATLAS of Finite Groups. The Schur multiplier of E8(q) is trivial, and its outer automorphism group is that
E8_(mathematics)
Poisonous plant
Nebraska". beef.unl.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-26. Bartram, Stefan; Boland, Wilhelm (5 November 2001). "Chemistry and Ecology of Toxic Birds". ChemBioChem
Conium_maculatum
Group of unitary complex matrices with determinant of 1
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Special_unitary_group
Group of 𝑛 × 𝑛 invertible matrices
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
General_linear_group
1937 film
Schiffner Rolf J. Schindler as dancer at Midi's ball Paul Schroeder Willi Schur as policeman Hans Sobierayski as Director bei Renier Lotte Spira as Midi's
The_Irresistible_Man
Annual award
Gustav-Adolf Schur 1954 Gustav-Adolf Schur 1955 Gustav-Adolf Schur 1956 Gustav-Adolf Schur 1957 Gustav-Adolf Schur 1958 Gustav-Adolf Schur Karin Beyer
German Sportspersonality of the Year
German_Sportspersonality_of_the_Year
Group of matrices with determinant 1
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Special_linear_group
Group of unitary matrices
{\displaystyle \lambda \in \operatorname {U} (1)} ; this follows from Schur's lemma. The center is then isomorphic to U ( 1 ) {\displaystyle \operatorname
Unitary_group
78-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
(sequence A008915 in the OEIS). The Schur multiplier of E6(q) is always gcd(3,q−1) (i.e., E6,sc(q) is its Schur cover). The Schur multiplier of 2E6(q) is gcd(3
E6_(mathematics)
Russian mathematics award
1897 - Sophus Lie 1900 - Wilhelm Killing 1903 - David Hilbert 1909 - Ludwig Schlesinger (awarded in 1912) 1912 - Friedrich Schur 1927 - Hermann Weyl 1937
Lobachevsky_Prize
Plant species in the pea family
(PDF). Plant Biology. 18 (1): 56–62. doi:10.1111/plb.12328. PMID 25754608. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic
Lotus_corniculatus
German art historian (1876–1932)
women's rights activist Ilse Schütze (1868–1923), who was married to Ernst Schur [de]. Creutz died in 1932 at the age of 55. He did not have to witness how
Max_Creutz
German mathematician (1899–1942)
one of Issai Schur’s doctoral students. According to Alexander Soifer, “Van der Waerden walked away from Ramseyan prehistory. Issai Schur, on the other
Hildegard_Rothe-Ille
Austrian–British psychoanalyst (1895–1982)
to her father, she and her brother Martin had obtained Veronal from Max Schur, the family doctor, in sufficient quantities to die of suicide if faced
Anna_Freud
Species of flowering plant in the celery family
more times as large as the inner petals. In 1846, the German botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann described an infraspecies of subsp. sphondylium that lacks
Heracleum_sphondylium
Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
761–763. White 2009, pp. 373–374. Schur & Yamato 2019, p. 820. Schur & Yamato 2019, p. 824. Muench 2009, p. 389. Schur & Yamato 2019, pp. 824–825. Muench
Socrates
Muzychuk and R. Poschel: The isomorphism problem for circulant graphs via Schur ring theory, Codes and Association Schemes, American Math. Society, 2001
List of unsolved problems in mathematics
List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics
Association football club in Germany
Klassenerhalt, Ulm steigt ab". kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2023. "Schur stürzt Mainz ins Tal der Tränen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 February
Eintracht_Frankfurt
University in Leipzig, Germany
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Werner Heisenberg, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Theodor Mommsen, Wilhelm Ostwald
Leipzig_University
Group of flat spacetime symmetries
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Poincaré_group
German mathematician (1896–1934)
After that he started his doctorate degree with Issai Schur as his advisor at Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin. In 1921 he obtained his doctorate
Heinz_Prüfer
Isometry group of Euclidean space
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Euclidean_group
German mathematician (1886–1982)
theorem [ru] on space groups. In 1928 Bieberbach wrote a book with Issai Schur titled Über die Minkowskische Reduktiontheorie der positiven quadratischen
Ludwig_Bieberbach
(1917–1986), Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times Tom Braden (1917–2007) Sylvia Schur (1917–2009), PM Emmett Watson (1918–2001), Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
List_of_newspaper_columnists
Chancellor of Germany since 2025
Luft Lüth Maier Marquardt Müller Neuhäuser Ostrowski Pau Rössel Schenk Schur Seifert Steinke Wolf OTHER Independent Members: Lörcher List of members
Friedrich_Merz
German mathematician
(The characters of the binary congruence groups mod p2), advised by Issai Schur. He submitted it and was awarded his doctorate on 25 July 1932. While studying
Hans_Rohrbach
Species of flowering plant
the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2020. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic
Pulsatilla_patens
German periodical
Schüler (1873–1953) Marie Schuette Wolfgang Schütz Richard L.F. Schulz Ernst Schur Günther Schwark Max Schwimmer Richard Sedlmaier Richard Seewald Woldemar
Kunst_und_Künstler
Representation theory of the symmetries of non-relativistic quantum space
as well as of the above mass-shell invariant and central charge. Using Schur's lemma, in an irreducible unitary representation, all these Casimir invariants
Representation theory of the Galilean group
Representation_theory_of_the_Galilean_group
Group that is also a differentiable manifold with group operations that are smooth
profound influence on subsequent development of mathematics, was made by Wilhelm Killing, who in 1888 published the first paper in a series entitled Die
Lie_group
German mathematician (1904–1986)
mathematische Lehrbücher, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ISBN 3-525-40143-4 Schur, Issai (1968), Grunsky, Helmut (ed.), Vorlesungen über Invariantentheorie
Helmut_Grunsky
football fullback Alexander Schur (born 1971), former professional footballer Tré Cool (born 1972), American drummer Wilhelm Fischer (born 1972), boxer
List_of_people_from_Frankfurt
Fluid Power (March 22, 2022). "HAWE Hydraulik Announces Takeover of Fritz Schur Companies". Fluid Power Journal. Retrieved 2026-02-03. "HAWE Hydraulik Enters
HAWE_Hydraulik
Paris. Copley Medal: August Wilhelm Hofmann Wollaston Medal for geology: Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck January 10 – Issai Schur (died 1941), Belarusian-born
1875_in_science
British mathematician (1906–1989)
He rediscovered it in 1964 after previous works on the same graph by Wilhelm Ackermann, Erdős, and Alfréd Rényi. In combinatorial set theory, the Erdős–Rado
Richard_Rado
Baltic German mathematician
defended Hitler after Kristallnacht, telling Jewish mathematician Issai Schur: "Suppose we had to fight a war to rearm Germany, unite with Austria, liberate
Erhard_Schmidt
Species of aquatic plant
subsp. shuttleworthii Stojan. & Stef. Typha latifolia var. transsilvanica (Schur) Nyman Typha persica Ghahr. & Sanei Typha shuttleworthii subsp. orientalis
Typha_shuttleworthii
German painter
14. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 163–164. (full text online). Ernst Schur: Walter Leistikow. In: Berliner Architekturwelt, 11. Jahrgang, Nr. 6 (September
Walter_Leistikow
133-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
can be summarized as follows: E7(q) is simple for any q, E7,sc(q) is its Schur cover, and the E7,ad(q) lies in its automorphism group; furthermore, when
E7_(mathematics)
German mathematician (1911–1980)
(Burnside's theorem). His doctoral advisors where Ludwig Bieberbach, Issai Schur and Erhard Schmidt. He was forced to resign as a Jew in 1935. During 1938-1939
Rudolf_Kochendörffer
Subgroup of a root system's isometry group
ISBN 978-0-273-08517-1, Zbl 0483.57002 Howlett, Robert B. (1988), "On the Schur Multipliers of Coxeter Groups", J. London Math. Soc., 2, 38 (2): 263–276
Weyl_group
German ceramicist (1832–1893)
journal Thonindustrie-Zeitung. He died on 30 October 1893. Seger married Emma Schur on 11 September 1875. Seger had a large impact on ceramic industry and art
Hermann_Seger
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021
Luft Lüth Maier Marquardt Müller Neuhäuser Ostrowski Pau Rössel Schenk Schur Seifert Steinke Wolf OTHER Independent Members: Lörcher List of members
Angela_Merkel
Suzanne! Drama film Arzén von Cserépy Jessie Vihrog Veit Harlan Willi Schur Hilde Krüger, etc. 29 January 1935 Der alte und der junge König The Old
List_of_Nazi_propaganda_films
German mathematician (1882–1935)
2025{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Schur 1968, p. 45. Schur 1968. Reid 1996, p. 30. Noether 1914, p. 11. Gordan 1870. Weyl
Emmy_Noether
Species of plant
major and Astrantia maxima. Astrantia bavarica was described by Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz in 1858, and published in Flora Vol.41 (issue 11) on page 161.
Astrantia_bavarica
Nazi ghetto in Terezín, Czechoslovakia
Rothkirchen 2006, p. 267. Rothkirchen 2006, p. 259. Rothkirchen 2006, p. 245. Schur 1997. Blodig & White 2012, p. 182. Adler 2017, p. 155. Adler 2017, p. 50
Theresienstadt_Ghetto
Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025
Luft Lüth Maier Marquardt Müller Neuhäuser Ostrowski Pau Rössel Schenk Schur Seifert Steinke Wolf OTHER Independent Members: Lörcher List of members
Olaf_Scholz
Array of numbers
numerically ill-conditioned situations, further algorithms such as the Schur decomposition can be employed. Matrices can be generalized in different
Matrix_(mathematics)
Writing Lie algebra sets as matrices
etc. A simple but useful tool in studying irreducible representations is Schur's lemma. It has two parts: If V, W are irreducible g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak
Lie_algebra_representation
English writer (born 1960)
– Neil Gaiman (2019) The Good Place: "Whenever You're Ready" – Michael Schur (2020) WandaVision – Jac Schaeffer and writing staff (2021) Everything Everywhere
Neil_Gaiman
1937 German film
revolutionary Herbert Spalke as Kurloff Alexander Engel as Turbin Willi Schur as Nikitin Agnes Straub as Sinaida - landlady of a dockside tavern Werner
White_Slaves_(film)
Representation of the symmetry group of spacetime in special relativity
A†A = I and therefore A† = A−1. Thus AX = XA for A in the kernel so, by Schur's lemma, A is a multiple of the identity, which must be ±I since det A =
Representation theory of the Lorentz group
Representation_theory_of_the_Lorentz_group
German-born British mathematician (1909–2002)
Remak, who introduced him to group theory, as well as Erhard Schmidt, Issai Schur, and Heinz Hopf. Neumann began studying physics and philosophy as well as
Bernhard_Neumann
Concept in mathematics
submodule (the socle) of the Schur module ∇(λ), but it need not be equal to the Schur module. The dimension and character of the Schur module are given by the
Reductive_group
1931 film directed by Phil Jutzi
Paul Rehkopf Anna Müller-Lincke Heinrich Schroth Heinrich Gretler Willi Schur Walter Werner Karl Harbacher Franz Weber Paul Kemp Leonard Maltin was enthusiastic:
Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 film)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz_(1931_film)
Mathematical group of loops in a Lie group
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
Loop_group
Species of grass
France + Denmark to Nepal + Siberia. 1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé (author), Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Koeleria_pyramidata
Luft Lüth Maier Marquardt Müller Neuhäuser Ostrowski Pau Rössel Schenk Schur Seifert Steinke Wolf OTHER Independent Members: Lörcher List of members
Gerald_Weiß
French mathematician (1838–1922)
in his honour. Camille Jordan is not to be confused with the geodesist Wilhelm Jordan (Gauss–Jordan elimination) or the physicist Pascual Jordan (Jordan
Camille_Jordan
52-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
theorems Hall's theorem p-group Elementary abelian group Frobenius group Schur multiplier Classification of finite simple groups cyclic alternating Lie
F4_(mathematics)
Mathematics concept
groups in his 1932 book on combinatorial topology. Later on in the 1930s, Wilhelm Magnus discovered the connection between the lower central series of free
Free_group
Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998
1969. When the chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag, Wilhelm Boden, died in late 1961, Kohl moved up into a deputy position. Following
Helmut_Kohl
Species of flowering plant
indicator of ancient woodland in East Anglia. illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
Gagea_lutea
– Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher (1757–1830) Schur – Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799–1878) Schuyler – Alfred Ernest Schuyler (born 1935)
List of botanists by author abbreviation (S)
List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(S)
1934 film
Eichheim as Raimondo Dempsi Hans Leisner-Fischer as Bobby Selsbury Willi Schur Franz Weber Michael von Newlinsky Marta Feist Bergfelder, p. 145. Bergfelder
The_Double_(1934_film)
one adds the assumption that the category has a set of generators. The Schur multiplier of the Mathieu group M22 is particularly notorious as it was
List_of_incomplete_proofs
WILHELM SCHUR
WILHELM SCHUR
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of German Wilhelm, VILHELMI means "will-helmet."
Male
German
Contracted form of Old High German Willahelm, WILHELM means "will-helmet."Â
Male
Esperanto
Esperanto form of German Wilhelm, VILHELMO means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
German Form of William; Will-helmet; Will Desire; Helmet Protection
Girl/Female
Danish, Finnish, German
Will; Desire; Helmet
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Strong helmet.
Male
Swiss
, resolute helmet.
Male
German
Latin form of Old High German Wilhelm, WILHELMUS means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
Danish Teutonic Swedish
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Bend in the Road
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Vilhjalmr, VILHELM means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
German, Polish
Helmet Protection; Will Desire
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Witham.
Boy/Male
German American Teutonic
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, Teutonic
Strong Helmet; Will Helmet; Protect
Female
Irish
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Féidhlim, possibly FÉIDHELM means "hospitable." In Irish legend, this was the name of a daughter of Conchobhar.
Boy/Male
Finnish, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Will-helmet; Desire; Will; Bright; Famous
Male
French
Norman French form of Old High German Wilhelm, WILLELM means "will-helmet."
Female
Scandinavian
Feminine form of Scandinavian Vilhelm, VILHELMA means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Resolute defender.
WILHELM SCHUR
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v. t.
To deprive of the helmet.
v. t.
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
imp. & p. p.
of Whelm
n.
A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
v. t.
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Whelm
v. t.
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.