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feormian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Dele II, take III. separately, and add:
to maintain, foster
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  • Feormat, broedeth

    fovet,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79
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  • Brédeþ, feormaþ

    fovit,

    • 35, 74
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  • Feormeþ

    fomet,

    • 150, 8
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  • Brond . . . fealo líg feormað

    flammam parturit ipse calor,

    • Ph. 218
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  • Fúl náwár friðian ne feormian,

    • Ll. Th. i. 162, 26
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to entertain a guest
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  • Gif man cuman feormæð .iii. niht an his ágenum háme,

    • Ll. Th. i. 32, 16
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  • Hé ongæt hwæne hé sylfa feormode (underféng, v. l.)

    quem ipse susceperit agnovit,

    • Gr. D. 75, 29
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  • Cuma ic wæs and gé feormadun mec

    hospes eram et collegistis me,

    • Mt. R. 25, 36
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  • Ꝥ ne geweorðe ꝥ hine man læng feormige,

    • Ll. Th. i. 38, 14
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to harbour a criminal, fugitive
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  • Be ðon ðe cierlisc man fliéman feormige,

    • Ll. Th. i. 120, 16
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    • 210, 12
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    • 224, 5
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    • 248, 8
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  • Sé þe þeóf dearnunga feormige,

    • 228, 21
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  • Lóc hwá þone flýman féde oþþe feormige,

    • 382, 21
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  • Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde oþþe feormige,

    • 384, 8
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to maintain a dependent, servant, take a person as a servant
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  • Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan. . . . Gif hé hit bútan þæs ealdormonnes gewitnisse dó, geselle sé þe hine tó men feormie .cxx. sciłł. tó wíte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 86, 5.

  • Gif hwylc landleás man folgode on óðre scíre and eft his mágas geséce, ꝥ hé hine on þá gerád feormige, ꝥ hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde,

    • 204, 7.
to supply with food as an obligation
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  • Ic wille ꝥ Æffe feormige of þǽm þrím dǽlum æt Ingepenne þá Godes þeówas æt Cynetanbyrig þrié dagas on twelf mónþum,

    • Cht. Th. 497, 8, 19
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    • 496, 1
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where the obligation is to the lord:
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  • On sumon landum se geneát sceal hláford feormian,

    • Ll, Th. i. 432, 14.
to feast
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  • Feormode se ealdorman his heáhþegnas

    fecit cenam servis suis,

    • Hml. A. 111, 282.

  • Balthasar feormode ealle his witan

    Baltassar fecit grande convivium optimatibus suis,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 434, 29
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v. swíþ-feormende.
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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/44781.

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