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feormian

  • verb [ weak ]
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feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .
to supply with food, feed, support, sustain, entertain, receive as a guest, cherish, benefit, profit; victum suppĕdĭtāre, epŭlāre, suscĭpĕre, suscĭpĕre hospĭtio, fŏvēre, cūrāre, vălēre
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  • Ðæt ic [cyning] bebeóde eallum mínan geréfan ðæt hí on mínan ágenan rihtlíce tilian, and me mid ðam feormian; and ðæt him nán man ne þearf to feormfultume nán þingc syllan, bútan he sylf wille

    that I [the king] command all my reeves that they justly provide on my own, and feed [supply with food, maintain] me therewith; and that no man need give them anything as purveyance [food-support], unless he himself be willing,

    • L. C. S. 70
      • ;
    • Th. i. 412, 22.

  • Feorma, mihtig Dryhten, mínre sáwle

    mighty Lord, sustain my soul,

    • Exon. 118 b
      • ;
    • Th. 454, 33
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 42.

  • Áh he feormendra lyt lifgendra

    he has few of entertainers living,

    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 329, 7
      • ;
    • Vy. 30.

  • Ðæt se, ðe hine feormode, and se, ðe gefeormod wæs, sýn hí begen bisceopes dóme scyldig

    that he, who entertained him, and he, who was entertained, be both guilty to the bishop's doom,

    • Bd, 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 572, 44.

  • Feorma mec hwæðre, ðeáh ðe ic fremede má gylta

    yet cherish me, though I have committed more crimes,

    • Exon, 118 a
      • ;
    • Th. 453, 36
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 25.

  • Feorma ðú in ðínum ferþe gód

    cherish thou good in thy soul,

    • Exon. 80 b
      • ;
    • Th. 303; 10
      • ;
    • Fä. 51: Ps. Th. 77, 69.

  • Forðon hí ongeáton ðætte seó hálwende onsægedness to écre alýsnesse swíþrade and feormade ge líchoman and sáwle

    for they understood that the wholesome sacrifice availed and profited [vālēret] to the eternal redemption both of body and of soul,

    • Bd. 4, 22 Whel. 318, 25-27.
to feed on, devour, consume; vesci, comĕdĕre, consūmĕre
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  • Fealo líg feormaþ and Fénix byrneþ

    the yellow flame consumes and burns up the Phœnix,

    • Exon. 59 a
      • ;
    • Th. 213, 1
      • ;
    • Ph. 218.
to cleanse, FARM or cleanse out; mundāre, purgāre, expiāre
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  • He feormaþ his bernes flóre

    he will cleanse the floor of his barn,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 17
      • ;

    purgābit āream suam, Vulg.

  • He feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bare blǽda ðe swíðor

    omnem, qui fert fructum, purgābit eum, ut fructum plus affĕrat,

    • Jn. Bos. 15, 2.

  • Seofon dagas ðú feormast ðæt weofod,

    • Ex. 29, 37
    :

    seuen daies thow shalt clense the auter

    ,
    • Wyc
      • ;

    septem diébus expiábis altáre

    ,
    • Vulg.
Derived forms
a-feormian, ge-
Linked entries
v.  ge-feormian un-feormigende feormend feormung firm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feormian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10441.

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