furmente

Middle English

Alternative forms

• formenty, furmenty, frumenty, frumentee, firmenty, frumyte

Etymology

From Old French fourmenté; equivalent to furment +‎ -e (participial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfrumɛnˈteː/, /ˈfrumɛnteː/, /fur-/

Noun

furmente (uncountable)

1. frumenty, furmity

   Family MS. of the Cunliffes. Quoted by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in the note to her poem, Christmas in the Olden Time, 1650. (1835): 'Their entertainment was, a large hall of curious ashler work, a long table, plenty of furmenty like new milk, in a morning, made of husked wheat, boiled and roasted beef, with a fat goose, and a pudding, with plenty of good beer for dinner.'

Descendants

• English: frumenty, fermenty, firmity, fromenty, frumerty, furmenty, furmety, furmity

References

• “frumentẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.