fæman

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faimijan, derived from *faim (whence Old English fām). Cognate with Old High German feimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæː.mɑn/

Verb

fǣman

1. to foam or froth

Conjugation

Conjugation of fǣman (weak class 1)

infinitive	fǣman	fǣmenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fǣme	fǣmde
second person singular	fǣmest, fǣmst	fǣmdest
third person singular	fǣmeþ, fǣmþ	fǣmde
plural	fǣmaþ	fǣmdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fǣme	fǣmde
plural	fǣmen	fǣmden
imperative
singular	fǣm
plural	fǣmaþ
participle	present	past
	fǣmende	(ġe)fǣmed

Descendants

• Middle English: femen, feme, feamin (Early Middle English)
  • Scots: feam, faem, feem

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fǣman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.