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FǼMNE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman; virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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  • Wæs ðæs ylcan mynstres abbudisse on ða tíd seó cynellíce fǽmne Ælflǽd

    præĕrat quĭdem tunc eidem monastērio rēgia virgo Ælbflæd,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 26;
    • S. 603, 3, 6: 4,
    • 8;
    • S. 575, 34: Gen. 2, 23: Mt. Bos. 1,
    • 23.
  • Seó fǽmne wæs Sarra háten

    the damsel was called Sarah,

    • Cd. 83
    • ;
    • Th. 103,
    • 23;
    • Gen. 1722: 101
    • ;
    • Th. 134,
    • 17;
    • Gen. 2226
    • .
  • Sceal fémne hire freónd geséccan

    the damsel shall seek her lover,

    • Menol. Fox 548
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 44
    • .
  • Geseah ic líchoman ðære hálgan Godes fǽmnan

    vīdi corpus sacræ Deo virgĭnis,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 19;
    • S. 589, 15, 43: 4. 19
    • ;
    • S. 588,
    • 36.
  • Wæs ðære fǽmnan ferþ geblissad

    the damsel's soul was rejoiced,

    • Exon. 69 b
    • ;
    • Th. 259,
    • 24;
    • Jul. 287: 66 b
    • ;
    • Th. 246,
    • 10;
    • Jul. 59: 67 a
    • ;
    • Th. 247,
    • 15;
    • Jul. 79
    • .
  • Be ðære grimman untrumnysse ðære fǽmnan

    de acerba puellæ infirmĭtāte,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 9;
    • S. 534, 7: 4,
    • 8;
    • S. 576,
    • 11.
  • Cirliscre fǽmnan

    of a churlish woman;

    • L. Alf. pol. 11
    • ;
    • Th. i. 68, 14: L. Alf. 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 52, 7: Apstls. Kmbl. 57; Ap. 29
    • .
  • Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte

    fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 19;
    • S. 587,
    • 36.
  • Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre

    the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life,

    • Menol. Fox 302
    • ;
    • Men. 152
    • .
  • Gif hwylc man hine wið fǽmnan forlicge

    si hŏmo quis cum puella fornĭcātus fuĕrit,

    • L. Ecg. P. 4,
    • 68;
    • Th. ii. 228,
    • 10.
  • He mid fǽmnan on flet gǽþ

    he walks with the woman in the court,

    • Beo. Th. 4074
    • ;
    • B. 2034
    • .
  • Ic of ðam torhtan temple Dryhtnes onféng freólíce fǽmnan clǽne

    I joyfully received a pure damsel from the bright temple of the Lord,

    • Exon. 10 b
    • ;
    • Th. 12,
    • 18;
    • Cri. 187: 66 a
    • ;
    • Th. 244,
    • 13;
    • Jul. 27
    • .
  • Gemétte he ðǽr sume fǽmnan

    invēnit puellam ĭbi,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 9;
    • S. 534, 4, 9: L. Ecg. P. 4,
    • 68;
    • Th. ii. 230,
    • 15.
  • Worhte God freólícu fǽmnan

    God wrought a goodly woman,

    • Cd. 9
    • ;
    • Th. 12,
    • 12;
    • Gen. 184: L. Alf. 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 52,
    • 5.
  • Aryson ealle ða fǽmnan

    surrexērunt omnes virgĭnes illæ,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 7, 11: Ps. Spl. 44, 16: Ps. Th. 77, 63: Ps. Lamb. 148, 12: Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 589,
    • 39.
  • Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan

    the damsels and widows departed,

    • Cd. 94
    • ;
    • Th. 121,
    • 14;
    • Gen. 2010
    • .
  • Heó mynster getimbrade Gode willsumra fǽmnena

    constructo monastērio virgĭnum Deo devōtārum,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 19;
    • S. 588,
    • 2.
  • Fela fǽmnena

    many damsels,

    • Exon. 120 b
    • ;
    • Th. 462,
    • 8;
    • Hö. 49
    • .
  • Byþ heofena ríce gelíc ðám týn fǽmnum

    sĭmĭle ĕrit regnum cælōrum dĕcem virgĭnĭbus,

    • Mt. Bos. 25,
    • 1.
  • Onfóþ ðǽm fǽmnum

    receive the damsels,

    • Cd. 113
    • ;
    • Th. 149,
    • 7;
    • Gen. 2471
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. fémea, féhmia, f:
Frs. fæm, f:
O. Frs. famne, fomne, femne, fovne, fone, f:
Icel. feima, f:
Lat. fēmĭna, f. a female, woman
. ]
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v.  fémne.
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