ontfarmen
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *intfarmon, with two prefixes ont- and af attached to Proto-West Germanic *armēn.
Verb
[edit]ontfarmen
- (sometimes reflexive) to have/show compassion, pity [with genitive ‘for’]
Inflection
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Alternative forms
[edit]- ontfāermen (Flemish)
Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: ontfermen
Further reading
[edit]- “ontfarmen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ontfarmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN