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Old English
Etymology
ġe- + cwēme, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jeˈkweː.me/
Adjective
ġecwēme
- pleasant, agreeable, acceptable
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
Ne bið nān lāc Gode swā ġecwēme swā se gōda willa.- No gift is so acceptable to God as good will.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday after Easter"
Se Hǣlend cwæð to him, "Bēo sibb betwux ēow." For sibbe com Crist tō mannum, and sibbe hē bead and tǣhte, and nis nān ðing him ġecwēme þe bið būtan sibbe ġedōn.- Jesus said to them, "Peace be among you." For peace Christ came to men, and peace he enjoined and taught, and nothing is to him acceptable which is done without peace.
- suitable, appropriate
Declension
Declension of ġecwēme — Strong
Declension of ġecwēme — Weak