▪ I. † i-queme, a. Obs.
Also i-cweme.
[OE. ᵹecwœ́me, ᵹecwéme: see i-1, and queme a.]
Pleasing, acceptable, agreeable.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 29 Ðaðe ᵹe-cuoemo [Rushw. ᵹicwoeme] sint him, ic wyrco symble. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xi. 26 Forþam hyt wæs swa ᵹecweme beforan þe. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Ne bið naut his lare fremful ne icweme þan ileweden. a 1225 Ancr. R. 146 Hesteres bone..was þe kinge Assuer licwurðe & icweme. |
▪ II. † i-queme, v. Obs.
Also 2–3 icweme, 4 yqueme.
[OE. ᵹecwœ́man, -cwéman: see i-1, and queme v.]
trans. To please, gratify.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. vii. §6 Þæt he..ne mehte þæm folce mid ᵹifan ᵹecweman. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 286 Sume ᵹecwemdon englum..þurh cumliðnysse. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 63 We hit aȝen to ȝeme and god solf þer mid iqueme. c 1205 Lay. 13288 Ofte he hine biðohte..hu he mihte mid læsinge iquemen þan kinge. a 1300 K. Horn 485 Horn me wel iquemeþ, God kniȝt him bisemeþ. 1340 Ayenb. 228 Non ne may y-queme god and to his yuo. |