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eme en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
   • Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
   • Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2. (Scotland) Friend.

Forms

Descendants

naim

Relateds

eam