"feme" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: femme [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feme, from Old French fame, feme (“woman”), from Latin femina. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|id=woman}}, {{bor+|enm|xno|feme}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feme, {{der|enm|fro|fame,feme|t=woman}} Old French fame, feme (“woman”), {{der|enm|la|femina}} Latin femina Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} feme
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-feme-enm-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} feme
  1. alternative form of femen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: femen
    Sense id: en-feme-enm-verb-xu15rzJz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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