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hǽmed

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hǽmed, es; n.
A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage; coitus
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  • Ða ðe rihtlíce healdaþ hyra ǽwe and for bearnes gestreóne hǽmed begáþ

    those who rightly observe their marriage and for procreation of children have carnal intercourse,

    • Homl. Th, i. 148, 22
      • .

  • Mægþhád biþ forloren on hǽmede

    maidenhead is lost in intercourse,

    • ii. 10, 5 : 220, 4
      • .

  • Be hǽmede

    de coitu,

    • L. Ecg. C
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 128, 26
      • .

  • On unrihton hǽmede

    in adulterio,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 4
      • :
    • Shrn. 132, 6
      • .

  • Ic wið brýde ne mót hǽmed habban

    with a bride I may not have intercourse,

    • Exon. 105 b
      • ;
    • Th. 402, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 28
      • .

  • Hǽmed

    connubium,

    • Mone Gl. 340
      • .

  • Hǽmeda

    connubii convenientia,

    • 417
      • .

  • Hǽmeda

    himeneas,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 119
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 19, 2
      • .

  • Hǽmdo

    nubtiæ,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 1
      • .
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v.  dreám.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽmed.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17910.

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