Middle English Dictionary Entry
fether-hāme n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fether-hāme n. Also -home, -heomen (pl). |
| Etymology | OE feþer-hama; cp. ME hāme covering. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Feather covering, plumage; wings.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)81 : Her he uette feþer-home and wenge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2874,2878 : Makede his feðerhome [Otho: feþer-hames]..His feðerhome he dude him on.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25871 : Eært þu angel..beoð þine feðer-heomen [Otho: feaþerhames] ihaneked mid golden.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)p.782 : Þer he nom his feþerhome.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)380 : A wild dragon..Fliȝand in his fethire-hames.
- c1450 Siege Jerus.(1) (Add 31042)679 : With-owttyn fethyrhames.
- a1475 Lovely lordynges (Brog 2.1)p.3 : Now I fly with my fethere hame As wyld fowle and nothyng tame.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.52 : A Fetherham [Hrl: a federde slavyn] he dight To flye with wynges.