yeme
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of yeme
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(obsolete)To keep, to observe, to pay attention.
“Nothing Jesus Christ more quemeth (pleaseth) Than love in wedlock where men it yemeth (keepeth);”
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Etymology
From Middle English yemen, ȝemen (“to heed, pay attention, observe, keep”), from Old English ġīeman, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish…
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From Middle English yemen, ȝemen (“to heed, pay attention, observe, keep”), from Old English ġīeman, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi, Alemannic German gaume, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan). Doublet of gaum ("to understand, comprehend"), gorm (“to gape, gawk”), and goam (“to recognise, pay attention”), all from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum.
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