feorm

English

Noun

feorm (plural feorms)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of farm.
    • 1647, Nathaniel Bacon, An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England […] :
      Thence the Leases so made were called Feormes or Farmes, which word signifieth Victuals.
    • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
      II. 320
    • The most usual and customary feorm or rent […] must be reserved yearly on such lease.

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Old English

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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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe͜orm/, [fe͜orˠm]

Noun

feorm f

  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

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative feorm feorma, feorme
accusative feorme feorma, feorme
genitive feorme feorma
dative feorme feormum

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