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Old English · noun

feorm

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/fe͜orm/
[fe͜orˠm]
Syllables
fe͜orm (1 syllable)
Modern English
feormstoresfarmbanquetprovisionsustenancesuppliespossessions

Meaning

  1. food, sustenance, provision; meal, feast, banquet

  2. entertainment

  3. possessions, goods, supplies; stores

  4. profit, benefit

  5. rent, especially rent or tax paid in food or other provisions

Declension

Declension of feorm
SingularPlural
Nominative feormfeormafeorme
Accusative feormefeormafeorme
Genitive feormefeorma
Dative feormefeormum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fermu, from Proto-Germanic *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”). See English farm.

Descendants

farm, feorm

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