icham

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ycham

Etymology

ich +‎ am

Contraction

icham

  1. contraction of ich am
    • c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
      Icham in hire bandoun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: cham
  • Yola: 'cham, ch'am

References