"hom" meaning in Middle English

See hom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /hɔ̝ːm/, /hɑːm/ [Early-Middle-English], /haːm/ [Northern] Forms: hoom [alternative], home [alternative], hoome [alternative], whom [alternative], om [alternative], am [alternative], hame [alternative, Northern], heem [alternative], ham [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
Rhymes: -ɔːm Etymology: From Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. The spellings geen, heem, neen for gon (“to go”), hom, and non (“none”) in the representation of Northern Middle English in Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale were argued by Tolkien to be from scribal confusion of ⟨e⟩ and ⟨o⟩. Smith, deeming such confusion improbable, instead posits that such spellings are an East Midland rendition of pronunciations such as [ɡæːn], [hæːm], [næːn] or [ɡɛːn], [hɛːm], [nɛːn] from the early actuation of the Great Vowel Shift in Northern Middle English. Horobin rejects this, concluding that heem is a rendition of a borrowing from Old Norse heimr, while geen and neen are analogical creations based upon it. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:hām<id:home>|id=home}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*teḱ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱéyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "noun", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "noun", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱóymos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*haimaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*haim", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "hām", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "hom", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="home" data-lang="enm" data-title="hom" id="Middle_English:_home">, {{inh|enm|ang|hām}} Old English hām, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*haim}} Proto-West Germanic *haim, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haimaz}} Proto-Germanic *haimaz, {{cog|non|heimr}} Old Norse heimr Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=|var=}} hom, {{enm-adv}} hom
  1. home, homeward Related terms: homly, homward
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-adv-wFw1v-9P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hɔ̝ːm/, /hɑːm/ [Early-Middle-English], /haːm/ [Northern]
Rhymes: -ɔːm Etymology: From Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. The spellings geen, heem, neen for gon (“to go”), hom, and non (“none”) in the representation of Northern Middle English in Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale were argued by Tolkien to be from scribal confusion of ⟨e⟩ and ⟨o⟩. Smith, deeming such confusion improbable, instead posits that such spellings are an East Midland rendition of pronunciations such as [ɡæːn], [hæːm], [næːn] or [ɡɛːn], [hɛːm], [nɛːn] from the early actuation of the Great Vowel Shift in Northern Middle English. Horobin rejects this, concluding that heem is a rendition of a borrowing from Old Norse heimr, while geen and neen are analogical creations based upon it. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:hām<id:home>|id=home}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*teḱ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱéyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "noun", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "noun", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tḱóymos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*haimaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*haim", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "hām", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "hom", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="home" data-lang="enm" data-title="hom" id="Middle_English:_home">, {{inh|enm|ang|hām}} Old English hām, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*haim}} Proto-West Germanic *haim, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haimaz}} Proto-Germanic *haimaz, {{cog|non|heimr}} Old Norse heimr Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} hom, {{enm-noun|homes}} hom (plural homes) Forms: homes [plural], hoom [alternative], home [alternative], hoome [alternative], whom [alternative], om [alternative], am [alternative], hame [alternative, Northern], heem [alternative], ham [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. home, residence, dwelling
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-vo2zsGL5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 6 28 22 24 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 26 29 10 27 0
  2. house, housing
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-I8mRWtJ5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 6 28 22 24 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 26 29 10 27 0
  3. accommodation, rest
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-aO~vuQH4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 6 28 22 24 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 26 29 10 27 0
  4. (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-WLixg13R Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 6 28 22 24 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 26 29 10 27 0
  5. (rare) village, town Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-2wDXwwBf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} hom
  1. alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hamme (extra: enclosure, meadow)
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-noun-yO5OKR91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hom
  1. alternative form of hem (“them”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hem (extra: them)
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-pron-KI08OMgb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 11 21 11 0 2 28 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hom
  1. alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whom (extra: “who, whom”, accusative)
    Sense id: en-hom-enm-pron-mVLxq9zW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "them",
          "word": "hem"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of hem (“them”)"
      ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "enclosure, meadow",
          "word": "hamme"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)"
      ],
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  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "“who, whom”, accusative",
          "word": "whom"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)"
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}

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