hæmed

Old English

Etymology

A substantivised past participle of hǣman; compare ǣled for a similar formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxæː.med/, [ˈhæː.med]

Noun

hǣmed n

  1. sex (intercourse)
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Ġelēaffulle lǣwede menn, þe on rihtum sinsċipe lybbað, āġifað þrītigḟealdne wǣstm gōdra weorca, ġif hī heora æw̄e æfter bōclīcum ġesetnyssum healdað, þæt is, þæt hī for bearnes ġestrēone, on alyfedum tīman, hǣmed begān, and bearneacniġende wīf and mōnaðsēoc forbūgan; and ðonne hēo leng tȳman ne mæġ,̇ ġeswican hī hǣmedes.
      Faithful lay people, who live in righteous marriage, yield thirtyfold fruit of good works, if their marriage follows the biblical decrees; that is, that they have intercourse for the procreation of children at permitted times, and abstain from intercourse with pregnant or menstruating women, and that at the time they can no longer procreate, they cease intercourse.
  2. cohabitation, marriage

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hǣmed hǣmdu
accusative hǣmed hǣmdu
genitive hǣmdes hǣmda
dative hǣmde hǣmdum

Derived terms

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