Middle English Dictionary Entry
ferting ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ferting ger. Also farting. |
| Etymology | OE feorting. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Act of breaking wind, farting.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3338 : But sooth to seyn, he was somdel squaymous, Of fartyng and of speche daungerous.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)150 : Fartynge: Peditura, bombizacio.