"cam" meaning in Old English

See cam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɑm/
Rhymes: -ɑm Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=cam}} cam, {{tlb|ang|<<Late>>|<<Kentish>>}} (Late Old English, Kentish)
  1. (hapax legomenon) alternative spelling of cwōm Tags: Kentish, Late, Old-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cwōm
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "cam"
      },
      "expansion": "cam",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "<<Late>>",
        "3": "<<Kentish>>"
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Old English, Kentish)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "cwōm"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kentish Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English hapax legomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 27 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am trapped in the loam or slime of the depths, and there is no fortune; I am come into the depth of the sea, and the roughness has sunk me.",
          "ref": "c. 1150~1160, Eadwine Psalter, 68:3",
          "text": "Āfestnod iċ æm on lāme ꝉ slīm dīpæ, ⁊ ne is spēd; iċ cam on dēopnesse sǣs ꝉ sēwe, ⁊ hrīohnes besencte mē.",
          "translation": "I am trapped in the loam or slime of the depths, and there is no fortune; I am come into the depth of the sea, and the roughness has sunk me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative spelling of cwōm"
      ],
      "id": "en-cam-ang-verb--xVGaSHT",
      "links": [
        [
          "cwōm",
          "cwom#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax legomenon) alternative spelling of cwōm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kentish",
        "Late",
        "Old-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cam"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 27 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "cam"
      },
      "expansion": "cam",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "<<Late>>",
        "3": "<<Kentish>>"
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Old English, Kentish)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "cwōm"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Kentish Old English",
        "Late Old English",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English hapax legomena",
        "Old English non-lemma forms",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English verb forms",
        "Pages with 27 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ɑm",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ɑm/1 syllable"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am trapped in the loam or slime of the depths, and there is no fortune; I am come into the depth of the sea, and the roughness has sunk me.",
          "ref": "c. 1150~1160, Eadwine Psalter, 68:3",
          "text": "Āfestnod iċ æm on lāme ꝉ slīm dīpæ, ⁊ ne is spēd; iċ cam on dēopnesse sǣs ꝉ sēwe, ⁊ hrīohnes besencte mē.",
          "translation": "I am trapped in the loam or slime of the depths, and there is no fortune; I am come into the depth of the sea, and the roughness has sunk me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative spelling of cwōm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cwōm",
          "cwom#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax legomenon) alternative spelling of cwōm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kentish",
        "Late",
        "Old-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cam"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cam meaning in Old English (1.6kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: hapax legomenon",
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