What does eam mean?
Eam means (dialectal or obsolete) Uncle..
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/ˈiːm/ · noun
(dialectal or obsolete) Uncle..
James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.
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Eam means (dialectal or obsolete) Uncle..
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James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.
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