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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seym (uncountable)
- fat, lard, grease
- c. 1225, “Eahtuðe dale: þe uttre riwle”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 112, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
- Ȝe ne ſchulen naƿt eoten fleſch ne ſeim · bute foꝛ muche ſecneſſe oðer hƿa ſe iſ ouer feble ·
- You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “seim(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Fats and oils