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EÁM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EÁM, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§329; §548;
An EAM, uncle chiefly on the mother's side; avuncŭlus
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  • Eám

    avuncŭlus.

    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 42 : Beo. Th. 1766
      • ;
    • B. 881: Exon. 112b
      • ;
    • Th. 431,
      • 35;
    • Rā. 47, 6: Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 203,
      • 17.

  • Nim ðé wif of Labanes dóhtrum ðínes eámes

    accĭpe tĭbi inde uxōrem de fīliābus Labāni avuncŭli tui.

    • Gen. 28, 2: 29, 10: Ors. 1,
      • 12;
    • Bos. 35, 32: 2,
      • 2;
    • Bos. 41, 7: Bd. 5,
      • 19;
    • S. 637,
      • 33.

  • Romŭlus slóh his eám

    Romulus slew his uncle,

    • Ors. 2,
      • 3;
    • Bos. 41, 43: Chr. 1046
      • ;
    • Erl. 175, 5,
      • 23.

  • Mín eám avuncŭlus meus: mínes eámes fæder avuncŭlus meus magnus: mínes eámes yldre fæder proavuncŭlus meus: mínes eámes þridde fæder

    abavuncŭlus meus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 93
      • ;
    • Som. 75,
      • 65-71;
    • Wrt. Voc. 52,
      • 21-24.
  • [Chauc, eem, eme: Laym. æm, eam, æem, hem: Plat. oom. m: Dut. oom, m: Frs. yem, yeme: O. Frs. em, m: Ger. ohm, oheim, m: M. H. Ger. óheim, oeheim, m: O. H. Ger. óheim, m.] For an uncle on the father's side,
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v. fædera.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “EÁM.” 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/8565.

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