"femen" meaning in Middle English

See femen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛ̝ːmən/
Etymology: From Old English fǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *faimijan; compare fomen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fǣman}} Old English fǣman, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*faimijan}} Proto-West Germanic *faimijan Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} femen, {{enm-verb|stem=fem}} femen (third-person singular simple present femeth, present participle femende, femynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle femed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fem|c2=de|p_part2=0}} Forms: femeth [present, singular, third-person], femende [participle, present], femynge [participle, present], femed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], femen [infinitive], to femen [infinitive], feme [infinitive], feme [first-person, present, singular], femed [first-person, past, singular], femde [first-person, past, singular], femest [present, second-person, singular], femedest [past, second-person, singular], femdest [past, second-person, singular], femeth [present, singular, third-person], femed [past, singular, third-person], femde [past, singular, third-person], feme [present, singular, subjunctive], femed [past, singular, subjunctive], femde [past, singular, subjunctive], feme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], femen [plural, present], feme [plural, present], femeden [past, plural], femede [past, plural], femden [past, plural], femde [past, plural], femeth [imperative, plural, present], feme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], femynge [participle, present], femende [participle, present], femed [participle, past], femd [participle, past], yfemed [participle, past], yfemd [participle, past], feme [alternative], feamin [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. To foam at the mouth; to spew foamy saliva.
    Sense id: en-femen-enm-verb-lcEb~r70 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 43 27 30
  2. To cover or douse (in blood).
    Sense id: en-femen-enm-verb-NuJfRgLr
  3. (figuratively) To rage; to be irate. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-femen-enm-verb-dhqmkrMq Categories (other): Anger, Liquids Disambiguation of Anger: 1 0 99 Disambiguation of Liquids: 10 16 75

Alternative forms

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