gamenen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === gamen, gamene, gamine, gammen gomenin (Early Middle English); gominen (AB language) gamin, gammyn, gamyn (Early Scots) === Etymology === From Old English gamenian, from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną; by surface analysis, gamen (“game”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare gamen (“to play”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/ IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/ (West Midland Early Middle English, from Old English *gomenian) === Verb === gamenen (third-person singular simple present gameneth, present participle gamenende, gamenynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle gamened) (especially Early Middle English or Northern) (intransitive) To joke, play, or entertain oneself; to be joyful. (transitive) To amuse; to make entertained or joyful. (impersonal, rare) To be amused or pleased. (intransitive, rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: gammon ==== References ==== “gāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 July 2019. “gamin, gam(m)yn, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.