Old English · noun

cemes

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈke.mes/
Syllables: ˈke · mes (2 syllables)
Modern English: shirt nightgown chemise linen

Meaning

shirt

būtan his cemese

without his shirt
linen nightgown, chemise

Declension

Declension of cemes
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cemes	cemese cemesa
Accusative	cemes cemese	cemese cemesa
Genitive	cemese	cemesa
Dative	cemese	cemesum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kamisi, from Latin camīsia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi. Cognate with Old High German kemis (“tunic, skirt, dress”). Doublet of hemeþe.

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