† wemmingn.
Obsolete.
The action of the verb; defilement; injury.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun]
clakec1000
wemming1100
hurt?c1225
un-i-soundc1275
breach1398
wrethec1400
discomfiture1599
tort1632
personal injury1653
punishment1811
insult1903
sports injury1932
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun]
loathc900
teenOE
ungrithlOE
wemming1100
waningc1175
wrongc1275
prejudicec1300
derea1325
torferc1325
eviltyc1330
griefc1330
wem1338
injurec1374
truitc1390
noyinga1398
inconvenience14..
nocument?a1425
outraya1425
injuryc1430
mischieving1432
supprise1442
incommodityc1450
interess1489
grudge1491
tort1532
wreaka1542
impeachment1548
inconveniency1553
indemnity1556
interestc1575
abuse1595
mischievance1600
oblesion1656
grit1876
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling
wemming1100
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
pollutionc1422
pollutinga1449
deturpation1490
defiling1585
commaculation1637
defilement1637
sullage1641
infoedation1661
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]
burstc1000
harmOE
scatheOE
teenOE
evil healc1175
waningc1175
hurt?c1225
quede?c1225
balec1275
damage1300
follyc1300
grill13..
ungain13..
torferc1325
eviltyc1330
wem1338
impairment1340
marring1357
unhend1377
sorrowc1380
pairingc1384
pairmentc1384
mischiefc1385
offencec1385
appairment1388
hindering1390
noyinga1398
bresta1400
envya1400
wemminga1400
gremec1400
wilc1400
blemishing1413
lesion?a1425
nocument?a1425
injuryc1430
mischieving1432
hindrance1436
detrimenta1440
ill1470
untroth1470
diversity1484
remordc1485
unhappinessc1485
grudge1491
wriguldy-wrag?1520
danger1530
dishort1535
perishment1540
wreaka1542
emperishment1545
impeachment1548
indemnity1556
impair1568
spoil1572
impeach1575
interestc1575
emblemishing1583
mishap1587
endamagement1593
blemishment1596
mischievance1600
damnificationa1631
oblesion1656
mishanter1754
vitiation1802
mar1876
jeel1887
1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 4317 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 113 Lenocinii wemminge.
c1230 Hali Meid. (1922) 19 Alswa deð meidenhad [preserve] meidenes cwike flesch, wiðute wemmunge halt alle hire limen & hire wittes.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6895 [Let them step on red-hot shares] & ȝif hire vet beþ þanne sauf wiþoute wemminge [v.rr. wemninge, wemnynge] Graunteþ hom alle quit.
a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. XX. 854 Heo ȝaf out þe king & hadde hure broþer wiþoute wemning.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11208 Ihesu crist hir barn sco bar,..and maiden neuer less, Wit-vten wemming of hir fless.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 201 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 6 Angelis..It kepit elyk fare fra wemmyne of þe fyr..oþir in body or in clath.
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