lemman

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See also: lèmman

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lemman, lefmon, leofmon, from Old English lēof +‎ mann, equivalent to lief +‎ man.

Noun

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lemman (plural lemmans)

  1. Alternative form of leman (lover)

Finnish

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Noun

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lemman

  1. genitive singular of lemma

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English lēof +‎ mann.

Noun

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lemman (plural lemmans)

  1. leman (a lover or sweetheart, especially a secret lover or mistress; a paramour)
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciples Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, →OCLC, folio xcix, recto:
      There is but litel difference truely
      Betwyxt a wyfe, that is of hye degre
      If of her body dishoneſt ſhe be
      And a poore wenche, other than this
      If it ſo be they werke bothe amys
      But for the gentyl is in eſtate aboue
      She ſhal be called his lady and his loue
      And for that tother is a poore woman
      She ſhal be called his wench, or his lemmã [...]
      There truly is very little difference between a wife of honourable rank if she is faithless in how she deals with her body,
      and a penniless woman without rank, except that if they both behave badly then, because of the gentlewoman's rank,
      people call her his lady love, but call the poor woman his slut or his leman.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
      Thenne within an houre there came the knyghte to whome the pauelione ought
      And he wende that his lemā had layne in that bedde
      and soo he laid hym doune besyde syr Launcelot
      and toke hym in his armes and beganne to kysse hym
      And whanne syre launcelot felte a rough berd kyssyng hym
      he starte oute of the bedde lyghtely
      and the other knyȝt after hym
      and eyther of hem gate their swerdes in theire handes
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Descendants

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  • English: leman, leaman, lemman

Swedish

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Noun

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lemman

  1. indefinite plural of lemma

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