fæman
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *faimijan, derived from *faim (whence Old English fām). Cognate with Old High German feimen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfǣman
Conjugation
editConjugation of fǣman (weak class 1)
infinitive | fǣman | fǣmenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | fǣme | fǣmde |
second person singular | fǣmest, fǣmst | fǣmdest |
third person singular | fǣmeþ, fǣmþ | fǣmde |
plural | fǣmaþ | fǣmdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | fǣme | fǣmde |
plural | fǣmen | fǣmden |
imperative | ||
singular | fǣm | |
plural | fǣmaþ | |
participle | present | past |
fǣmende | (ġe)fǣmed |
Descendants
edit- Middle English: femen, feme; feamin (Early Middle English)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fǣman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.