"fomen" meaning in Middle English

See fomen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} fomen
  1. plural of foman Tags: form-of, plural Form of: foman
    Sense id: en-fomen-enm-noun-Kjk5UGtT Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 17 21 18 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔ̝ːmən/
Etymology: From fom (“foam”) + -en (infinitival suffix), replacing earlier femen. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|fom|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=foam}} fom (“foam”) + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} fomen, {{enm-verb|stem=fom}} fomen (third-person singular simple present fometh, present participle fomende, fomynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fomed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fom}} Forms: fometh [present, singular, third-person], fomende [participle, present], fomynge [participle, present], fomed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], fomen [infinitive], to fomen [infinitive], fome [infinitive], fome [first-person, present, singular], fomed [first-person, past, singular], fomest [present, second-person, singular], fomedest [past, second-person, singular], fometh [present, singular, third-person], fomed [past, singular, third-person], fome [present, singular, subjunctive], fomed [past, singular, subjunctive], fome [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fomen [plural, present], fome [plural, present], fomeden [past, plural], fomede [past, plural], fometh [imperative, plural, present], fome [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fomynge [participle, present], fomende [participle, present], fomed [participle, past], yfomed [participle, past], fome [alternative]
  1. To foam at the mouth; to spew foamy saliva.
    Sense id: en-fomen-enm-verb-lcEb~r70 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 17 21 18 16
  2. (of blood) To spurt or spread out.
    Sense id: en-fomen-enm-verb-gUx959vU Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 17 21 18 16 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 25 34 15 26
  3. (rare) To emit or cover in blood. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fomen-enm-verb-9GL0fAIn Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 17 21 18 16
  4. (rare) To foam or bubble. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fomen-enm-verb-VmL0V6s3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 17 21 18 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "to fomen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fome",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "fomeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fomede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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        "To foam at the mouth; to spew foamy saliva."
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        "To spurt or spread out."
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        "(of blood) To spurt or spread out."
      ],
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        "of blood"
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        "To emit or cover in blood."
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          "blood",
          "blood"
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        "(rare) To emit or cover in blood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
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        "To foam or bubble."
      ],
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          "foam",
          "foam"
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          "bubble",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To foam or bubble."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔ̝ːmən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fomen"
}

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      "form": "fomen",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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        "past",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "To foam at the mouth; to spew foamy saliva."
      ],
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          "foam at the mouth",
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          "spew",
          "spew"
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        "To spurt or spread out."
      ],
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          "spurt",
          "spurt"
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          "spread",
          "spread"
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        "(of blood) To spurt or spread out."
      ],
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        "of blood"
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    },
    {
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        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "To emit or cover in blood."
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        [
          "cover",
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          "blood",
          "blood"
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        "(rare) To emit or cover in blood."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    },
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        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To foam or bubble."
      ],
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          "foam",
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          "bubble",
          "bubble"
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      ],
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        "(rare) To foam or bubble."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔ̝ːmən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fomen"
}

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (e97c820 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.