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Old English · verb

fæman

Normalised fǣman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfæː.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈfæː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
frothfoam

Meaning

  1. to foam or froth

Conjugation

Conjugation of fæman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fǣmefǣmde
2nd singular fǣmestfǣmstfǣmdest
3rd singular fǣmeþfǣmþfǣmde
Plural fǣmaþfǣmdon
Subjunctive
Singular fǣmefǣmde
Plural fǣmenfǣmden
Non-finite forms of fæman
Form
Infinitive fǣman
Inflected infinitive fǣmenne
Imperative singular fǣm
Imperative plural fǣmaþ
Present participle fǣmende
Past participle fǣmedġefǣmed

All forms (17)

Etymology

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

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