"afermen" meaning in All languages combined

See afermen on Wiktionary

Verb [Catalan]

Head templates: {{head|ca|verb form}} afermen
  1. third-person plural present indicative of afermar Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, third-person Form of: afermar
    Sense id: en-afermen-ca-verb-lLlctW0x Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 78 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 6 4

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /aˈfɛrmən/
Etymology: From Old English āfeormian; equivalent to a- + fermen (“to clean”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|āfeormian}} Old English āfeormian, {{af|enm|a-|fermen|t2=to clean}} a- + fermen (“to clean”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} afermen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|ferm|pf=a|y=0}} Forms: weak [table-tags], afermen [infinitive], to afermen [infinitive], aferme [infinitive], aferme [first-person, present, singular], afermed [first-person, past, singular], afermede [first-person, past, singular], afermest [present, second-person, singular], afermedest [past, second-person, singular], afermeth [present, singular, third-person], afermed [past, singular, third-person], afermede [past, singular, third-person], aferme [present, singular, subjunctive], afermed [past, singular, subjunctive], afermede [past, singular, subjunctive], aferme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], afermen [plural, present], aferme [plural, present], afermeden [past, plural], afermed [past, plural], afermede [past, plural], afermeth [imperative, plural, present], aferme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], afermynge [participle, present], afermende [participle, present], afermed [participle, past]
  1. to cleanse, purify
    Sense id: en-afermen-enm-verb-6EzOC6iw Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with a-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} afermen
  1. alternative form of affermen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: affermen
    Sense id: en-afermen-enm-verb-3rR8l7js
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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