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hǽman

  • verb [ weak ]
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hǽman, p. de; pp. ed
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry; concumbere, coire, nubere
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  • Wit wǽron swíðe unróte geworden for ðý hǽmede ðe wé wéndon ðæt wit hǽman sceoldon

    we became very sad on account of the intercourse that we expected we should be obliged to have,

      Shrn. 39, 21.
  • Mid ðám hæleþum hǽman wolden,

      Cd. 112; Th. 148, 18; Gen. 2458.
  • Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht-ǽwe hǽmþ

    if any man lie with the lawful wife of another,

      L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21.
  • Hé hǽmþ unrihtlíce

    he commits adultery,

      Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16.
  • Ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ

    for those women with whom the devil hath carnal commerce,

      L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 8.
  • Ne hǽmeþ ne hǽmde bióþ

    neque nubent neque nubentur,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 30 : 19, 10.
  • Gif hwilc carlman hǽmde wið wimman hire unþances

    if any man lay with a woman against her will,

      Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 7 : Num. 25, 1.
  • Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce

    commit not adultery,

      Homl. Th. ii. 198, 7.
  • Gif ǽnig man hǽme mid óðres wífe

    if a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband,

      Deut. 22, 22 : L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 98, 9.
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