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Old English · verb

hæman

Normalised hǣman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxæː.mɑn/
[ˈhæː.mɑn]
Syllables
ˈxæː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
copulatesex

Meaning

  1. to have sex with, to sleep with; to copulate

    Gif ænig man hæme mid oðres wife

    if any man sleeps with another's wife. (Laws of Alfred)

  2. to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of hæman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hǣmehǣmde
2nd singular hǣmesthǣmsthǣmdest
3rd singular hǣmeþhǣmþhǣmde
Plural hǣmaþhǣmdon
Subjunctive
Singular hǣmehǣmde
Plural hǣmenhǣmden
Non-finite forms of hæman
Form
Infinitive hǣman
Inflected infinitive hǣmenne
Imperative singular hǣm
Imperative plural hǣmaþ
Present participle hǣmende
Past participle hǣmedġehǣmed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haimijaną.

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