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of fluids,
when boiling
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  • Wyl wæter on croccan, dó hunig on, fleót simle ꝥ fám of oþ hit nelle má fǽman,

    • Lch. ii. 104, 20
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  • Se fǽmenda seáþ

    puteus ille flammivomus,

    • Bd. 5, 12
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    • Sch. 627, 12
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when in violent motion
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  • Fǽmendre wídsǽ

    spumantis pelagi,

    • Hpt. Gl. 409, 68.
of living creatures,
to foam at the mouth
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  • Hé fǽmeð

    (spumat)

    and gristbitteð mið tóðum,

    • Mk. L. R. 9, 18
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Etymology
[
Þe reue . . . feng on to feamin (femin, v. l.) and gristbeatien up o þis meiden, Jul. 69, 17.
Þe geant vemde and grunte, as yt were a strong bor, R. Glouc. 208, 7.
Scot. feam
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O. H. Ger. feimen spumare.
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v. líg-fǽmende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fǽman.” 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/44360.

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