"cweman" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} cweman
  1. (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of quemen Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: quemen
    Sense id: en-cweman-enm-verb-IA6Jav4K Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Worcestershire Middle English, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈkweː.mɑn/
Rhymes: -eː.mɑn Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, comfort, come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Akin to Old High German biquāmi (Modern German bequem (“comfortable, convenient”)), Old English cuman (“to come”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kwēmijaną||to please, comfort, come}} Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, comfort, come”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*gʷem-||to go, come}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”), {{cog|goh|biquāmi}} Old High German biquāmi, {{cog|de|bequem||comfortable, convenient}} German bequem (“comfortable, convenient”), {{cog|ang|cuman||to come}} Old English cuman (“to come”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|cwēman}} cwēman Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|cwēman<w1>}} Forms: cwēman [canonical], weak [table-tags], cwēman [infinitive], cwēmenne [infinitive], cwēme [first-person, present, singular], cwēmde [first-person, past, singular], cwēmest [present, second-person, singular], cwēmst [present, second-person, singular], cwēmdest [past, second-person, singular], cwēmeþ [present, singular, third-person], cwēmþ [present, singular, third-person], cwēmde [past, singular, third-person], cwēmaþ [plural, present], cwēmdon [past, plural], cwēme [present, singular], cwēmde [past, singular], cwēmen [plural, present], cwēmden [past, plural], cwēm [imperative, past, present, singular], cwēmaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], cwēmende [imperative, present], cwēmed [imperative, past], ġecwēmed [imperative, past]
  1. to please, satisfy, gratify
    Sense id: en-cweman-ang-verb-wYdQ9Vzt Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 47 18
  2. to comply with, serve
    Sense id: en-cweman-ang-verb-kclBdMOZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġecwēman
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      "ipa": "/ˈkweː.mɑn/"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēme",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēme",
          "cweme#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmde",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmde",
          "cwemde#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmen",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmen",
          "cwemen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmden",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmden",
          "cwemden#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēm",
          "cwem#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmaþ",
          "cwemaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmende",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmende",
          "cwemende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwēmed",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwēmed",
          "cwemed#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecwēmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cwēman"
      },
      "expansion": "cwēman",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cwēman<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to please, satisfy, gratify"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
        ],
        [
          "gratify",
          "gratify"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to comply with, serve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comply",
          "comply"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweː.mɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː.mɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cweman"
}

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