"þem" meaning in Middle English

See þem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner}} þem Forms: them [alternative], þeim [alternative], þeime [alternative], þeym [alternative], þeyme [alternative], þeme [alternative], þaim [alternative], þaime [alternative], þaym [alternative], þayme [alternative], þam [alternative], þame [alternative], þeȝȝm [alternative], þaem [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], taim [alternative], taym [alternative], tam [alternative]
  1. (Southwest) Alternative form of þan (“the, that, this”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: þan (extra: the, that, this)
    Sense id: en-þem-enm-det-E1LRlQSc Categories (other): Middle English determiners
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} þem, {{enm-noun|þemes}} þem (plural þemes) Forms: þemes [plural], them [alternative], þeim [alternative], þeime [alternative], þeym [alternative], þeyme [alternative], þeme [alternative], þaim [alternative], þaime [alternative], þaym [alternative], þayme [alternative], þam [alternative], þame [alternative], þeȝȝm [alternative], þaem [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], taim [alternative], taym [alternative], tam [alternative]
  1. Alternative form of teme (“family, tribe”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: teme (extra: family, tribe)
    Sense id: en-þem-enm-noun-LNUiT4Wp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 46 21 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 46 20 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 76 8 7 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} þem, {{enm-verb|þemeþ|þemende|þemed}} þem (third-person singular simple present þemeþ, present participle þemende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle þemed) Forms: þemeþ [present, singular, third-person], þemende [participle, present], þemed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], them [alternative], þeim [alternative], þeime [alternative], þeym [alternative], þeyme [alternative], þeme [alternative], þaim [alternative], þaime [alternative], þaym [alternative], þayme [alternative], þam [alternative], þame [alternative], þeȝȝm [alternative], þaem [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], taim [alternative], taym [alternative], tam [alternative]
  1. Alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: temen (extra: to produce offspring)
    Sense id: en-þem-enm-noun-yM3l00MK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Pronoun

IPA: /θɛi̯m/, /ðɛi̯m/, /ðɛm/ (note: originally unstressed)
Etymology: From Old Norse þeim. Compare hem (“them”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|non|þeim}} Old Norse þeim Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|nominative|þei}} þem (nominative þei) Forms: þei [nominative], them [alternative], þeim [alternative], þeime [alternative], þeym [alternative], þeyme [alternative], þeme [alternative], þaim [alternative], þaime [alternative], þaym [alternative], þayme [alternative], þam [alternative], þame [alternative], þeȝȝm [alternative], þaem [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], yem [alternative], yam [alternative], yame [alternative], yham [alternative], taim [alternative], taym [alternative], tam [alternative]
  1. Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
    Sense id: en-þem-enm-pron-NauwKhSg Categories (other): Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 57 43
  2. (reflexive) themselves Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-þem-enm-pron-QupA9gjO Categories (other): Middle English personal pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English personal pronouns: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: I, ich, ik, me, minmi1, min, þou, þe, þinþi1, þin, he, himhine2, him, his, hishisen, sche, heo, hireheo, hire, hirehires, hiren, hit, hithim2, , wit, unk, unker, ȝit, inc, inker, we, us, ous, oure, oureoures, ouren, ye, yow, your, youryoures, youren, hemhe2, hem, here, hereheres, heren, þei, þeim, þeir, þeirþeires, þeiren

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "them",
            "3": "thame"
          },
          "expansion": "English: them, thame",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: them, thame"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "thaim",
            "3": "them"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: thaim, them",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: thaim, them"
    }
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      "expansion": "Old Norse þeim",
      "name": "bor"
    }
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeyme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeȝȝm",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "pron",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hireheo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hirehires"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hiren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hithim2"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ȝit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "inc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "inker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "we"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "us"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oureoures"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ouren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "your"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "youryoures"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "youren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hemhe2"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "here"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hereheres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þeim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þeir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þeirþeires"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þeiren"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The water I will set / to flow both far and near, / And then the firmament, / in their midst to set them sere [separately].",
          "ref": "1430–1440, “II. Playsterers. The Creation, to the Fifth Day.”, in Lucy Toulmin Smith, editor, York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries: […] (overall work in Middle English), Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1885, →OCLC, page 9, lines 17–20:",
          "text": "Þe water I will set / to flowe bothe fare and nere, / And þhan þe firmament, / in mydis to set þame sere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them"
      ],
      "id": "en-þem-enm-pron-NauwKhSg",
      "links": [
        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ],
        [
          "MED Online",
          "w:Middle English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "University of Michigan",
          "w:University of Michigan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English personal pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Personal pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "themselves"
      ],
      "id": "en-þem-enm-pron-QupA9gjO",
      "links": [
        [
          "themselves",
          "themselves"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) themselves"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɛi̯m/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛi̯m/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛm/",
      "note": "originally unstressed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þem"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "them",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeyme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeȝȝm",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "þem",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the, that, this",
          "word": "þan"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of þan (“the, that, this”)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "þan",
          "þan#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Southwest",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southwest) Alternative form of þan (“the, that, this”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "þem"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "þemes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "them",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeyme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeȝȝm",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "þem",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þemes"
      },
      "expansion": "þem (plural þemes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "family, tribe",
          "word": "teme"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 46 21 13 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þeme",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þaim",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þaime",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þayme",
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        "alternative"
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        "alternative"
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    },
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      "form": "þame",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þeȝȝm",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "þaem",
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        "alternative"
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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      "form": "yame",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "yham",
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        "alternative"
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
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        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taym",
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      "word": "me"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "min"
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      "word": "þou"
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    {
      "word": "þe"
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      "word": "þinþi1"
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      "word": "þin"
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    {
      "word": "he"
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    {
      "word": "himhine2"
    },
    {
      "word": "him"
    },
    {
      "word": "his"
    },
    {
      "word": "hishisen"
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    {
      "word": "sche"
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    {
      "word": "heo"
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    {
      "word": "hireheo"
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    {
      "word": "hire"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "hiren"
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    {
      "word": "hit"
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    {
      "word": "—"
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    {
      "word": "wit"
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    {
      "word": "unk"
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    {
      "word": "unker"
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    {
      "word": "ȝit"
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    {
      "word": "inc"
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    {
      "word": "inker"
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      "word": "we"
    },
    {
      "word": "us"
    },
    {
      "word": "ous"
    },
    {
      "word": "oure"
    },
    {
      "word": "oureoures"
    },
    {
      "word": "ouren"
    },
    {
      "word": "ye"
    },
    {
      "word": "yow"
    },
    {
      "word": "your"
    },
    {
      "word": "youryoures"
    },
    {
      "word": "youren"
    },
    {
      "word": "hemhe2"
    },
    {
      "word": "hem"
    },
    {
      "word": "here"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereheres"
    },
    {
      "word": "heren"
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    {
      "word": "þei"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeim"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeir"
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        {
          "english": "The water I will set / to flow both far and near, / And then the firmament, / in their midst to set them sere [separately].",
          "ref": "1430–1440, “II. Playsterers. The Creation, to the Fifth Day.”, in Lucy Toulmin Smith, editor, York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries: […] (overall work in Middle English), Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1885, →OCLC, page 9, lines 17–20:",
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        [
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      "note": "originally unstressed"
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    },
    {
      "form": "þeme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaime",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þayme",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þeȝȝm",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þaem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yham",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taim",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taym",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "þem",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "þemeþ",
        "2": "þemende",
        "3": "þemed"
      },
      "expansion": "þem (third-person singular simple present þemeþ, present participle þemende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle þemed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to produce offspring",
          "word": "temen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temen",
          "temen#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "þem"
}

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