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hame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
hame
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.

Obsolete

noun

Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.

noun

Scottish and Northern English form of home

noun

Alternative form of haulm.

Etymology

From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hame, hama, *hamô, *hamo, *hamō, *ḱem-

Usage

Inflected Forms

hames (plural)

Derived Forms

hamestrap

Phrases

hame string

Frequently Paired Words

heam likam horse collar horse harness § parts

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does hame mean?
shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
Where does hame come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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