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feormung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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feormung, e; f.
a harbouring, an entertaining; susceptio, hospĭtium
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  • Þurh wreccena feormunge

    by the harbouring of exiles,

    • L. Alf. Pol. 4
    • ;
    • Th. i, 62, 16.
a cleansing, polishing; purgātio, pŏlītio
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  • Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn to feormunge onfó

    if a sword polisher receive another man's weapon for polishing,

    • L. Alf. pol. 19
    • ;
    • Th. i. 74, 9.
Derived forms
DER. a-feormung, niht-.
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  • feormung, n.