Middle English Dictionary Entry
kēme n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kēme n. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. MnE dial. (Scot.) kemmin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A weasel.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)28/13 : For þe henne whan sche haþ leide an eye, sche kakeleþ it out. & þan comeþ þe keme [Ancr.: kaue] and bereþ away her eiren.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)62 : But more ys [worþ] a keme [F belete; Gloss.Bibbesw.: wassele] To make my graunge of Ratones clene.