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Definition of 'hyem'English
Alternative forms
* heyem (Northern English dialect)
* hjem (Geordie)
* yem (Geordie)
Noun
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(Geordie) home
* [19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=z_nMtyp7XCEC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&sig=SHwbkD-bXZaWxJharfiXxajyEGU]
- Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black,
- And ye’ll lie an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, [...]
* 1848 , Sinks of London Laid Open [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=lPxnKPkEiIUC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&sig=x_Oewc6FofCOUc2zaUQQIdcfZsw]
- “He had just come in,” he said, “to see if his mate was come hyem yet; but as he had not, he thought he could guess right weel where he wad be, and wad just step o’er to Brown’s (the gin-shop) and see.”
* 1985, David Wright tr. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=hXCi_DViuqwC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&sig=3KRd23dvj1DbGak23VXz2q-VDDc]
- And so Aah’s cum, and also brought Alan,
- To grind wor corn, and bring it hyem again;
- Aah begs ye de the job fast as ye can.
Related terms
* home (Standard English)
* hyim (South Scots)
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Similar to 'hyem'him, hem, ham, haem, hum, hmm, heyem, hmmm, hym, heam, hoom, haum, hawm
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