Old English · noun

gieme

Normalised ġīeme

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈji͜yː.me/
Syllables: ˈji͜yː · me (2 syllables)

Meaning

care

Declension

Declension of gieme
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġīeme	ġīeman
Accusative	ġīeman	ġīeman
Genitive	ġīeman	ġīemena
Dative	ġīeman	ġīemum

All forms (4)

ġīeme
ġīeman
ġīemena
ġīemum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaumō. The umlauted vowel is unexpected; perhaps the noun was influenced by the related verb ġīeman, where the umlaut is expected.

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