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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.]
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v. ge-wemman; un-wemmed.
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  • wemman, v.