"seym" meaning in Middle English

See seym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sæi̯m/ Forms: same [alternative], saym [alternative], sayme [alternative], seine [alternative], seyme [alternative], seim [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|saim||fat}} Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), {{der|enm|la-vul|*sagīmen}} Vulgar Latin *sagīmen Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} seym, {{enm-noun|-}} seym (uncountable)
  1. fat, lard, grease Tags: uncountable

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "seam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "saim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "seam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "saim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "sawm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "saim"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "saim",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*sagīmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *sagīmen",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "same",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seyme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seym",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "seym (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Fats and oils",
          "orig": "enm:Fats and oils",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              35,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.",
          "ref": "c. 1225, “Eahtuðe dale: þe uttre riwle”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 112, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 23 January 2018:",
          "text": "Ȝe ne ſchulen naƿt eoten fleſch ne ſeim · bute foꝛ muche ſecneſſe oðer hƿa ſe iſ ouer feble ·",
          "translation": "You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fat, lard, grease"
      ],
      "id": "en-seym-enm-noun-46gzPu26",
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ],
        [
          "lard",
          "lard"
        ],
        [
          "grease",
          "grease"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sæi̯m/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seym"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "seam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "saim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "seam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "saim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "sawm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "saim"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "saim",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fat"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*sagīmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *sagīmen",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "same",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seine",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seyme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seym",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "seym (uncountable)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Fats and oils"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              35,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.",
          "ref": "c. 1225, “Eahtuðe dale: þe uttre riwle”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 112, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 23 January 2018:",
          "text": "Ȝe ne ſchulen naƿt eoten fleſch ne ſeim · bute foꝛ muche ſecneſſe oðer hƿa ſe iſ ouer feble ·",
          "translation": "You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fat, lard, grease"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ],
        [
          "lard",
          "lard"
        ],
        [
          "grease",
          "grease"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sæi̯m/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seym"
}

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