Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gaum
Participle: gaumed
Gerund: gauming
Indicative
Present
| I | gaum |
| you | gaum |
| he;she;it | gaums |
| we | gaum |
| you | gaum |
| they | gaum |
Perfect
| I | have gaumed |
| you | have gaumed |
| he;she;it | has gaumed |
| we | have gaumed |
| you | have gaumed |
| they | have gaumed |
Past
| I | gaumed |
| you | gaumed |
| he;she;it | gaumed |
| we | gaumed |
| you | gaumed |
| they | gaumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaumed |
| you | had gaumed |
| he;she;it | had gaumed |
| we | had gaumed |
| you | had gaumed |
| they | had gaumed |
Future
| I | will gaum |
| you | will gaum |
| he;she;it | will gaum |
| we | will gaum |
| you | will gaum |
| they | will gaum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gaumed |
| you | will have gaumed |
| he;she;it | will have gaumed |
| we | will have gaumed |
| you | will have gaumed |
| they | will have gaumed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gaum |
| you | gaum |
| he;she;it | gaum |
| we | gaum |
| you | gaum |
| they | gaum |
Perfect
| I | have gaumed |
| you | have gaumed |
| he;she;it | have gaumed |
| we | have gaumed |
| you | have gaumed |
| they | have gaumed |
Imperfect
| I | gaumed |
| you | gaumed |
| he;she;it | gaumed |
| we | gaumed |
| you | gaumed |
| they | gaumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaumed |
| you | had gaumed |
| he;she;it | had gaumed |
| we | had gaumed |
| you | had gaumed |
| they | had gaumed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gaum |
| you | would gaum |
| he;she;it | would gaum |
| we | would gaum |
| you | would gaum |
| they | would gaum |
Perfect
| I | would have gaumed |
| you | would have gaumed |
| he;she;it | would have gaumed |
| we | would have gaumed |
| you | would have gaumed |
| they | would have gaumed |
Imperative
| you | gaum |
| we | Let's gaum |
| you | gaum |
Verbs conjugated like 'gaum'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gaum'
gam,
gaud,
gaup,
gawm,
glaum,
glum,
gum,
paum,
aim,
alum,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”). See: Middle English '
yemen'.
Verbs referencing "gaum"
Norwegian
gaume.
Sample Sentences
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"We said nowt on 't. Ther' no 'casion to stir up trouble. But we all gaumed 'at when he heerd t' sounds o' them 'at com to lowse us he'd crawled off into t' workin's an' brayed his head agean a shou'der o' quartz." [1893, Keighley Snowden, Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds, page 171:]
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'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said. [1896, James Keighley Snowden, Web of an Old Weaver, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary (1900 edition)]
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Aye sir, we gaum ye. [1870, John Christopher Atkinson, Lost, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary (1900 edition)]