Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

hǽman

Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
Add:
in a not criminal sense.
to have sexual intercourse
Show examples

  • Gif wer and wíf hý gesomnien, and heó secge ꝥ hé ne mæge hǽman

    (coire)

    mid hire . . . nime hire óðerne,
      Ll. Th. ii. 146, 37.
to marry
Show examples

  • Ne beþærfeþ ꝥ mon hǽme non expedit nubere, Mt. R. 19, 10. (2 a) of concubinage,

    to cohabit

    :-- Gif hé . . . þe hié bohte . . . áléfe his suna mid tó hǽmanne,
      Ll. Th. i. 46, 16.
in a criminal sense,
to have illicit intercourse, commit adultery, fornicate
Show examples

  • Ðý lǽs hí on unryht hǽmen . . . Hé egesode ðá ðe on unryht hǽmdon

    propter fornicationem . . . Fornicationis metum praemisit,

    'Past.
      397, 20.

  • Næs ic ná genihtsumigende on þám geongum ðe on þǽre sǽmid mé hǽmdon,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 396.

  • Þone þe hǽme wið nýtén

    qai coierit

    19 ;
      Ll. Th. i. 52, 11.

  • Sé þe mid nunnon hǽme, 2. 46, 6. II a. figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man sé þe hǽmþ

    (fornicatur)

    fram þé,
      Ps. L. 72, 27.
Similar entries
v. ge-hǽman, unriht-hǽman ; diru-hǽmende, wóh-hǽmende; un-hǽmed, unriht-hǽmed.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽman.” 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/51520.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hǽman,

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.