ham – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of ham

Noun: ham
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularhām; ham
Pluralhāmas; hamas

Genitive

Singularhāmes; hames
Pluralhāma; hama

Dative

Singularhām; hāme; hame
Pluralhāmum; hamum

Accusative

Singularhām; ham
Pluralhāmas; hamas

Sample Sentences

  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃. (Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.)
  • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
  • Ða het se apostol ða bære settan, and cwæð, "Min Drihten, Hælend Crist! Arære ðe, Drusiana; aris, and ġecyrr hām, and gearca ús gereordunge on þinum hūse." Drusiana þa arás swilce of slæpe awreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām gewende. (Then the apostle bade them set down the bier, and said, "My Lord, Jesus Christ! Raise thee, Drusiana; arise, and return home, and prepare refection for us in thy house." Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returned home.)
  • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
  • ...and forġeaf sumne hām tō þǣre hālgan stōwe... (...and gave certain property to the holy place...)

Nouns inflected like ham

ham,

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Verbs referencing "ham"

Middle English Nouns ham, English Nouns hyem, English Nouns chemise, Middle English Nouns hamme.

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