wemman

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿemman

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwem.mɑn/

Verb

wemman

to spot, mar, spoil, disfigure
to defile, pollute, profane

Conjugation

Conjugation of wemman (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	wemman	tō wemmenne
1st-person singular	wemme	wemde
2nd-person singular	wemst	wemdest
3rd-person singular	wemþ	wemde
plural	wemmaþ	wemdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wemme	wemde
plural	wemmen	wemden
imperative
singular	weme
plural	wemmaþ
participle	present	past
	wemmende	wemmed

Derived terms

āwemman
forwemman
ġewemman
wemmend m (“fornicator, adulterer”)
wemming f (“pollution, defilement”)

Further reading

WEMMAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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