GÝMAN

p. de To care for, take care of, take heed to, heed, observe, regard, keep; cum gen. acc :-- Ic gýme mín wedd I will keep my covenant, LeI care more earnestly about the spirit's destruction than the body's, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 12; Jul. 414. Ic ne gýme ðæs compes I care not for the strife, 105 b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35: Leheeds not terror, Beo. Th. 3519; B. 1757. Dryhten mín gýmþ Deus curam habet mei, Ps. Th. 39, 20. Óðres ne gýmeþ to gebídanne yrfeweardes he cares not to wait for another heir, Beo. Th. 4894; B. 2451. Se deópa seáð giémeþ gǽsta the deep pit keeps the spirits, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 26; Cri. 1546. Se ðe ne giémeþ hwæðer his gǽst síe earm ðe eádig who heeds not whether his spirit be miserable or blessed, Th. 95, 6; Cri. 1553. Swíðe geornlíce giémaþ ðæt hie ða eorþlícan heortan gelǽren they take very diligent heed to instruct the wordly hearts, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 15; Hat. MS. Gýmaþ, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Ðæt he ðone stán nime hláfes ne gýme to take the stone and neglect the bread, Elen. Kmbl. 1229; El. 616: Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 32; Jul. 70. He ǽtes ne gímde he did not care for food, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 60, 110. Giémde, Exon. 34 b; Th. 111, 3; Gú. 121. Ðæt hig gímdon ðæs dæges and ðære nihte to rule the day and the night, Gen. 1, 18. Moises and Aaron and hira bærn gímdon ðæs temples Moses and Aaron and their children took charge of the temple, Num. 3, 38. Rihtes ne gýmdon cared not for right, Andr. Kmbl. 278; An. 139: Cd. 113; Th. 148, 20; Gen. 2459: Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 22; Cri. 706. Hí gýmdon hwæder ... observabant si..., Mk. Skt. 3, 2: Lk. Skt. 6, 7. Ne gím ðú drýcræfta regard not the arts of wizards, Leobserve, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 6; Met. 29, 3. Gýmaþ and warniaþ intuemini et cavete, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 6. Sceal ic nú ǽniges lustes gíman shall I care now for any pleasure, Gen. 18, 12. Ða ðe bet cunnon sceolon gýman óðra manna those who know better are to take care of other men, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 1: Ps. Th. 77, 10: Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 5; Cri. 1569. Gif his ðé géman lyst if you pleased to care about it, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 2; Met. 31, 1. Gýman ðæs grundes to take charge of the abyss, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 31, 25; Gen. 349, 346. [Laym. A. R. ȝemen: Orm. ȝemenn: Piers P. ȝeme: Goth. gaumjan: O. Sax. gómean: Icel. geyma: Dan. gjemme: Swed. gömma: O. H. Ger. goumon.] DER. for-, ge-, ofer-gýman.