gieman

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġēman, ġȳman, ġīman

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜yː.mɑn/

Verb

ġīeman

1. to care for; to take care of [with genitive or accusative]
2. to regard, observe, keep [with genitive or accusative]
3. to heed; to take heed of [with genitive or accusative]
4. to cure [with genitive or accusative]

Usage notes

Ġīeman almost always takes a genitive-case object, although it occasionally takes the accusative instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġīeman (weak, class 1)

infinitive	ġīeman	ġīemenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġīeme	ġīemde
second person singular	ġīemest, ġīemst	ġīemdest
third person singular	ġīemeþ, ġīemþ	ġīemde
plural	ġīemaþ	ġīemdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġīeme	ġīemde
plural	ġīemen	ġīemden
imperative
singular	ġīem
plural	ġīemaþ
participle	present	past
	ġīemende	(ġe)ġīemed

Derived terms

• beġīeman
• forġīeman
• ġīemend
• ġīemung

Related terms

• ġīeme f
• ġīemeleas
• ġīemen f

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠȲMAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠĒMAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.