"yeme" meaning in English

See yeme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: yemes [present, singular, third-person], yeming [participle, present], yemed [participle, past], yemed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English yemen, ȝemen (“to heed, pay attention, observe, keep”), from Old English ġīeman, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi, Alemannic German gaume, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan). Doublet of gaum ("to understand, comprehend"), gorm (“to gape, gawk”), and goam (“to recognise, pay attention”), all from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yemen}} Middle English yemen, {{inh|en|ang|ġīeman}} Old English ġīeman, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gaumijaną||to heed, notice, observe, keep}} Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”), {{cog|is|geyma}} Icelandic geyma, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|gömma}} Swedish gömma, {{cog|da|gemme}} Danish gemme, {{cog|fo|geymi}} Faroese geymi, {{cog|gsw|gaume}} Alemannic German gaume, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan), {{doublet|en|gaum}} Doublet of gaum, {{gloss|"to understand, comprehend"}} ("to understand, comprehend"), {{cog|enm|gome}} Middle English gome, {{cog|non|gaum}} Old Norse gaum Head templates: {{en-verb}} yeme (third-person singular simple present yemes, present participle yeming, simple past and past participle yemed)
  1. (obsolete) To keep, to observe, to pay attention. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-yeme-en-verb-cmQyCrco Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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        "(obsolete) To keep, to observe, to pay attention."
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