▪ I. † heme, n. Obs. rare.
[perh. a deriv. of OE. hám home; cf. next.]
? A man; ? a householder.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 1115 For children gromes heme and hine Hi þencheþ alle of þire pine. a 1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 156 An heme in an herygoud with honginde sleven. |
▪ II. † heme, a. Obs. rare.
[? f. hám home.]
? Fitting, suitable, agreeable.
| a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. viii. 32 In rude were roo with hem roune, That he mihte henten ase him were heme. |
So ˈhemely adv., ? fittingly, fitly.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1852 While he hit hade hemely halched aboute. |
▪ III. heme
var. hæm.