gieman
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editġīeman
- to care for; to take care of [with genitive or accusative]
- to regard, observe, keep [with genitive or accusative]
- to heed; to take heed of [with genitive or accusative]
- to cure [with genitive or accusative]
Usage notes
editĠīeman almost always takes a genitive-case object, although it occasionally takes the accusative instead.
Conjugation
editConjugation of ġīeman (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġīeman | ġīemenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġīeme | ġīemde |
second person singular | ġīemest, ġīemst | ġīemdest |
third person singular | ġīemeþ, ġīemþ | ġīemde |
plural | ġīemaþ | ġīemdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġīeme | ġīemde |
plural | ġīemen | ġīemden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġīem | |
plural | ġīemaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġīemende | (ġe)ġīemed |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠȲMAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠĒMAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.