"scremen" meaning in Middle English

See scremen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈskrɛ̝ːmən/, /ˈʃrɛ̝ːmən/ [possibly]
Etymology: Borrowed or related to Old Norse skræma (“to scare”) or Middle Dutch scrêmen; Weijnen separates the Old Norse form and proposes the Middle English derives from Proto-West Germanic *skraimijan, also adducing West Frisian skrieme and West Flemish schreemen. The form schreamen in the AB language may be a analogical form on the model of correspondences between West Midland /skr/ and other dialects' /ʃr/. Etymology templates: {{glossary|borrowing|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|non|skræma|t=to scare}} Old Norse skræma (“to scare”), {{bor|enm|dum|scrêmen}} Middle Dutch scrêmen, {{der|enm|gmw-pro|*skraimijan}} Proto-West Germanic *skraimijan, {{cog|fy|skrieme}} West Frisian skrieme, {{cog|vls|schreemen}} West Flemish schreemen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} scremen, {{enm-verb|stem=screm}} scremen (third-person singular simple present scremeth, present participle scremende, scremynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle scremed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|screm}} Forms: scremeth [present, singular, third-person], scremende [participle, present], scremynge [participle, present], scremed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], scremen [infinitive], to scremen [infinitive], screme [infinitive], screme [first-person, present, singular], scremed [first-person, past, singular], scremede [first-person, past, singular], scremest [present, second-person, singular], scremedest [past, second-person, singular], scremeth [present, singular, third-person], scremed [past, singular, third-person], scremede [past, singular, third-person], screme [present, singular, subjunctive], scremed [past, singular, subjunctive], scremede [past, singular, subjunctive], screme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], scremen [plural, present], screme [plural, present], scremeden [past, plural], scremed [past, plural], scremede [past, plural], scremeth [imperative, plural, present], screme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], scremynge [participle, present], scremende [participle, present], scremed [participle, past], yscremed [participle, past], screme [alternative], screamen [alternative, Early-Middle-English], schreamen [alternative]
  1. (uncommon, intransitive) To scream or shriek (of a human or animal) Wikipedia link: AB language Tags: intransitive, uncommon

Alternative forms

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