Old English · adjective

cweme

Normalised cwēme

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈkweː.me/
Syllables: ˈkweː · me (2 syllables)
Modern English: pleasant wheem acceptable agreeable

Meaning

pleasant, agreeable, acceptable

Declension

Strong declension of cweme
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cwēme	cwēmu cwēmo	cwēme
Accusative	cwēmne	cwēme	cwēme
Genitive	cwēmes	cwēmre	cwēmes
Dative	cwēmum	cwēmre	cwēmum
Instrumental	cwēme	cwēmre	cwēme
Plural
Nominative	cwēme	cwēma cwēme	cwēmu cwēmo
Accusative	cwēme	cwēma cwēme	cwēmu cwēmo
Genitive	cwēmra	cwēmra	cwēmra
Dative	cwēmum	cwēmum	cwēmum
Instrumental	cwēmum	cwēmum	cwēmum

Weak declension of cweme
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cwēma	cwēme	cwēme
Accusative	cwēman	cwēman	cwēme
Genitive	cwēman	cwēman	cwēman
Dative	cwēman	cwēman	cwēman
Instrumental	cwēman	cwēman	cwēman
Plural
Nominative	cwēman	cwēman	cwēman
Accusative	cwēman	cwēman	cwēman
Genitive	cwēmra cwēmena	cwēmra cwēmena	cwēmra cwēmena
Dative	cwēmum	cwēmum	cwēmum
Instrumental	cwēmum	cwēmum	cwēmum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwāmī, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz (“convenient, appropriate, pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come, go”). Akin to Old High German biquāmi (“pleasing”), Old High German kweman (“to come”) (German kommen (“to come”)), Old English cuman (“to come”). Related to come, comely.

Descendants

wheem

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