feorm-fultum

See also: feormfultum

English

Alternative forms

• feorm fultum
• feormfultum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English feormfultum (“food-assistance”), from feorm (“provision”) (see farm) + fultum (“aid, assistance”).

Noun

feorm-fultum (plural feorm-fultumas or feorm-fultums)

1. (Anglo-Saxon) In Anglo-Saxon law, a tax for the king's sustentation as he went through his realm.