Middle English Dictionary Entry
hāmed n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hāmed n. Also hæmeð. |
| Etymology | OE hǣmed |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sexual intercourse, coitus; ~ thing.
Associated quotations
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)17/1 : Swa þæt hire næfre ne mihte genelæcen nan lichamlic galnysse ne forðen to hire geðanca nan ungelefed hæmeðe.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)16/4 : To wifef [read: wifes] willan þæs buccan ȝeallen meng wið..recels & wið netelan sæd..þat wif onfealþ þæs willan on þan hamede.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)51/17 : He hyne sceal forhabban wyþ fela þingas..wyþ yrsunga and wyþ hamed þing.