yeme

Y4E1M3E1

verb

To keep, to observe, to pay attention.

OriginMiddle English yemen ← Old English ġīeman ← Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną →
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Meanings

verbyeme (third-person singular simple present yemes, present participle yeming, simple past and past participle yemed)

present singular third person yemes · participle present yeming · participle past yemed · past yemed

  1. obsoleteTo keep, to observe, to pay attention.

    Nothing Jesus Christ more quemeth (pleaseth) Than love in wedlock where men it yemeth (keepeth);

    1906, William Henry Schofield, English Literature

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*gaumijaną“to heed, notice, observe, keep”
  2. Old Englishġīeman
  3. Middle Englishyemen
  4. Englishyeme

From Middle English yemen, ȝemen (“to heed, pay attention, observe, keep”), from Old English ġīeman, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi, Alemannic German gaume, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan). Doublet of gaum ("to understand, comprehend"), gorm (“to gape, gawk”), and goam (“to recognise, pay attention”), all from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yeme,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeme.

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