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FÁM

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FÁM, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343;
FOAM; spūma
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  • Ðæt fám of ðam múþe eóde

    the foam went out of the mouth,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 9;
    • S. 533, 32: 3,
    • 11;
    • S. 536, 14: Ælfc. Gl. 98
    • ;
    • Som. 76,
    • 89;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54, 33: Exon. 101 a
    • ;
    • Th. 382,
    • 1;
    • Rä. 3,
    • 4.
Etymology
[
Ger. feim, m:
M. H. Ger. veim, m:
O. H. Ger. feim, faim, m:
Sansk. phena, m. n, foam, froth, scum
. ]
Similar entries
v. fǽman.
Linked entries
v.  fǽm.
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  • FÁM, n.