feorm
English
editNoun
editfeorm (plural feorms)
- (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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editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editfeorm f
- food, sustenance, provision; meal, feast, banquet
- entertainment
- possessions, goods, supplies; stores
- profit, benefit
- rent, especially rent or tax paid in food or other provisions
Declension
editDeclension of feorm (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
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edit- Middle English: ferme, farme, ferm, fyrme (Late Middle English); feorme, veorme (Early Middle English) (in part)
- → Medieval Latin: firma (see there for further descendants)
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