Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gamunan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ġemunan

  1. to remember [+accusative or genitive]
    Iċ his ġeman swelċe hit ġiestrandæġ wǣre.
    I remember it like it was yesterday.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
      Hēo ġemunde hwæt sum witeġa cwæð, "Sē oxa oncnēow his hlāford, and sē assa his hlāfordes binne."
      She remembered that a prophet had said, "The ox knows his master, and the ass his master's bin."

Usage notes edit

  • In Late West Saxon and the Anglian dialects, this verb was sometimes inflected as if it were not preterite-present: attested forms include iċ ġemune, þū ġemunst, and hē/hēo/hit ġemanþ.

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Descendants edit

  • Middle English: i-mune