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cweme

cweme

Old English

Adjective

cwēme

  1. pleasant, agreeable, acceptable, meet

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative cwēma cwēme cwēme cwēman nom. cwēme cwēme cwēmu cwēme cwēmu, -e cwēma, -e
accusative cwēman cwēme cwēman acc. cwēmne cwēme cwēme cwēme cwēmu, -e cwēma, -e
genitive cwēman cwēmra, cwēmena gen. cwēmes cwēmes cwēmre cwēmra
dative cwēman cwēmum dat. cwēmum cwēmum cwēmre cwēmum
instrumental cwēme

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz ‎(“convenient, appropriate, pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‎(“to come, go”). Akin to Old High German biquāmi ‎(“pleasing”), Old High German queman ‎(“to come”) (German komen ‎(“to come”)), Old English cuman ‎(“to come”). More at come, comely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweːme/

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