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wemman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wemman, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
to spot, mar, spoil, disfigure,
lit.
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  • Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde

    tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat

    • Bd. 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 18.
fig.
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  • Ic háliges láre wordum wemde

    (I have not given a good account of the saint)

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2958
      • ;
    • An. 1482.

  • Wordum wemman

    to reproach, blame (cf. Goth. ana-wammjan vituperare)

  • Stefn æfter cwom, wordum wemde

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1479
      • ;
    • An. 741.

  • Ðec (the body) ðín sáwl sceal oft gesécan, wemman mid wordum (cf. nemnan ðé mid wordum,

    • Soul Kmbl. 127
    )

    • Exon. Th. 370, 24
      • ;
    • Seel. 64.
to defile, pollute, profane
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  • Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ

    si justitias meas profanaverint

    • Ps. Spl. 88, 31.

  • Gif hé óðres ceorles wíf wemme

    (maculaverit)

    • L. Ecg. C. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 142, 12.
Etymology
[
Ho of hire meidenhad nawiht ne wemde
  • O. E. Homl. i. 83, 8.
Ȝo ne shollde nonne ben wemmedd,
  • Orm. 2326.
He wolde þys tendre þyng wemmy foule,
  • R. Glouc. 206, 1.
Wemmed maculatus,
  • Wick. Deut. 12, 15.
Goth. ana-wammjan to blame ;
O. H. Ger. bi-, gi-wemmen
.]
Similar entries
v. ge-wemman; un-wemmed.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wemman.” 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/35053.

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