gieme

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġȳme — Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaumō. The umlauted vowel is unexpected; perhaps the noun was influenced by the related verb ġīeman, where the umlaut is expected.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜yː.me/

Noun

ġīeme f

1. care

Declension

Declension of gieme (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġīeme	ġīeman
accusative	ġīeman	ġīeman
genitive	ġīeman	ġīemena
dative	ġīeman	ġīemum

Related terms

• ġīeman
• ġīemen f

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠȲME”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.