p. de. I. to spot, mar, spoil, disfigure, (a) lit.:--Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18. (b) fig.:--Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint), Andr. Kmbl. 2958; An. 1482. Wordum wemman to reproach, blame (cf. Goth. ana-wammjan vituperare):--Stefn æfter cwom, wordum wemde, Andr. Kmbl. 1479; An. 741. Ðec (the body) ðín sáwl sceal oft gesécan, wemman mid wordum (cf. nemnan ðé mid wordum, Soul Kmbl. 127), Exon. Th. 370, 24; Seel. 64. II. to defile, pollute, profane:--Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ si justitias meas profanaverint, Ps. Spl. 88, 31. Gif hé óðres ceorles wíf wemme (maculaverit), L. Ecg. C. 14; Th. ii. 142, 12. [Ho of hire meidenhad nawiht ne wemde, O. E. Homl. i. 83, 8. Ȝo ne shollde nonne ben wemmedd, Orm. 2326. He wolde þys tendre þyng wemmy foule, R. Glouc. 206, 1. Wemmed maculatus, Wick. Deut. 12, 15. Goth. ana-wammjan to blame; O. H. Ger. bi-, gi-wemmen.]