noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Northumbria:/jɛm/
Northumbria:/hjɛm/
Northumbria:/çɛm/
rhymes with -ɛm
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noun
Meaning 1
home
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, uncountable
Examples
[19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=z_nMtyp7XCEC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&sig=SHwbkD-bXZaWxJharfiXxajyEGU Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black, And ye’ll lie an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, ...
1985, David Wright tr. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=hXCi_DViuqwC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&sig=3KRd23dvj1DbGak23VXz2q-VDDc And so Aah’s cum, and also brought Alan, To grind wor corn, and bring it hyem again; Aah begs ye de the job fast as ye can.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Northern Middle English hame, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem, heim- and West Frisian hiem. Note that this pronunciation is not derived from Old Norse, as is sometimes assumed on the basis of Danish and Norwegian hjem - the pronunciation in Geordie is directly derivable from the Old English form by regular rules. Compare traditional styen (“stone”) [stjɛn] from stān, or clem (“stone, cloam”) [klɛm] from clām. It can also be found in some other northern dialects like Yorkshire.
