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cwéman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
cwéman, part.cwémende ; p.de; pp. ed ; v. a. dat.
Wright's OE grammar
§122;
To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy ; placere, satisfacere
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  • Sum sceal on heápe hæleðum cwéman

    one shall in company give pleasure to men,

    • Exon. 88a
      • ;
    • Th. 331, 33
      • ;
    • Vy. 77
      • .

  • Ic mínum Criste cwéman þence leófran láce

    I purpose to please my Saviour with a dearer gift,

    • 37a
      • ;
    • Th. 120, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 277: Ors. 1, 12
      • ;
    • Bos. 36, 27: Cd. 220
      • ;
    • Th. 283, 16
      • ;
    • Sat. 305
      • .

  • Se ðe ne þenceþ Meotode cwéman

    he who thinketh not to propitiate the Creator,

    • 217
      • ;
    • Th. 276, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 184: Exon. 69a
      • ;
    • Th. 257, 25
      • ;
    • Jul. 252: Ps. Th. 91, 3: 94,
      • 1.

  • God tostencþ bán heora ða ðe mannum cwémendra

    Deus dissipavit ossa eorum qui hominibus placent,

    • Ps. Spl. 52,
      • 7.

  • Ic cwéme Drihtne on ríce lýfigendra

    placebo Domino in regione vivorum,

    • 114, 9
      • ;
    • Ps. Th. 53,
      • 6.

  • Esne his hláforde cwémeþ

    a servant gives pleasure to his master,

    • 122,
      • 2.

  • Martiras Meotode cwémaþ

    martyrs give delight to the Creator,

    • Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 31
      • ;
    • Sae. 655: Exon. 39a
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 433: Ps. Th. 71,
      • 10.

  • Nǽnig man scile orþances útabredan wǽpnes ecgge, ðeáh ðe him se wlíte cwéme

    no man should draw forth the weapon's edge without a cause, although its beauty please him,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 332
      • ;
    • Sal. 165
      • .

  • Ðæt we cwéman Criste

    that we please Christ,

    • Cd. 226
      • ;
    • Th. 302, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 596
      • .

  • Ðam ic georne cwémde

    whom I have earnestly propitiated,

    • Exon. 48b
      • ;
    • Th. 167, 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 1058
      • .

  • Him lofsangum cwémdon [MS. cwemdan]

    cantaverunt laudes ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 11
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. queme, cweme, iquemen, icweme to please:
Orm. cwemenn :
Ger. bequemen to accommodate.
]
Derived forms
ge-cwéman.
Linked entries
v.  cwǽman.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cwéman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6931.

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