"gomen" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Etymology: From Old English guman, plural of guma, from Proto-Germanic *gumaniz, plural of *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmónes, plural of *ǵʰmṓ. Equivalent to gome + -en (plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|guman|nocat=1}} Old English guman, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gumaniz|nocat=1}} Proto-Germanic *gumaniz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰmónes|nocat=1}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmónes, {{af|enm|gome|-en|id1=man|id2=noun plural|pos2=plural suffix}} gome + -en (plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} gomen
  1. plural of gome (“man”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: gome (extra: man)
    Sense id: en-gomen-enm-noun-aga2~uxq Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} gomen
  1. (AB language, Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire) alternative form of gamen (“game”) Tags: Shropshire, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gamen (extra: game)
    Sense id: en-gomen-enm-noun-H76KLFd2 Categories (other): Cheshire Middle English, Gloucestershire Middle English, Herefordshire Middle English, Shropshire Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for gomen meaning in Middle English (2.4kB)

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