ham

Senses

1. home, homeward

   hām gān

   to go home

Senses

1. home

   Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.

   Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

2. property, estate, farm

   ...and forġeaf sumne hām tō þǣre hālgan stōwe...

   ...and gave certain property to the holy place...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

3. village; community

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. covering

2. garment, dress, gown; shirt

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. alternative form of hamm (“enclosure”)

Senses

1. alternative form of hamm (“inner knee”)