Old English · adjective

gemæne

Normalised ġemǣne

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /jeˈmæː.ne/
Syllables: je · ˈmæː · ne (3 syllables)
Modern English: fellowship mutual common mean

gemæne1 · adjective

Senses

common, mutual

Sē mann hæfþ sum þing ġemǣne mid ealre ġesċeafte.

Man has something in common with all of creation.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Lord's Ascension"

Declension

Strong declension of gemæne
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemǣne	ġemǣnu ġemǣno	ġemǣne
Accusative	ġemǣnne	ġemǣne	ġemǣne
Genitive	ġemǣnes	ġemǣnre	ġemǣnes
Dative	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnre	ġemǣnum
Instrumental	ġemǣne	ġemǣnre	ġemǣne
Plural
Nominative	ġemǣne	ġemǣna ġemǣne	ġemǣnu ġemǣno
Accusative	ġemǣne	ġemǣna ġemǣne	ġemǣnu ġemǣno
Genitive	ġemǣnra	ġemǣnra	ġemǣnra
Dative	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum
Instrumental	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum

Weak declension of gemæne
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemǣna	ġemǣne	ġemǣne
Accusative	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣne
Genitive	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan
Dative	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan
Instrumental	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan
Plural
Nominative	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan
Accusative	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan	ġemǣnan
Genitive	ġemǣnra ġemǣnena	ġemǣnra ġemǣnena	ġemǣnra ġemǣnena
Dative	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum
Instrumental	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum	ġemǣnum

gemæne2 · noun · neuter

Senses

fellowship
intercourse

Declension · strong ja-stem

Declension of gemæne
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġemǣne	ġemǣnu
Accusative	ġemǣne	ġemǣnu
Genitive	ġemǣnes	ġemǣna
Dative	ġemǣne	ġemǣnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Equivalent to ġe- + mǣne. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian mēne, Old Saxon gimēni, Old Dutch gemeini, Old High German gimeini, Gothic (gamains), also with Latin commūnis.

Descendants

mean

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