gemunan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gamunan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈmu.nɑn/

Verb

ġemunan

  1. to remember [+accusative or genitive]
    Iċ his ġeman swelċe hit ġiestrandæġ wǣre.
    I remember it like it was yesterday.

Usage notes

  • In Late West Saxon and the Anglian dialects, this verb was sometimes inflected as if it were not preterite-present: attested forms include iċ ġemune, þū ġemunst, and hē/hēo/hit ġemanþ.

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Middle English: i-mune
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