Middle English Dictionary Entry
fōming ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | fōming ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Foaming, slavering; (b) nausea [confused with vomen vomit].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)82a/b : Þe mouþ is i set a wry..wiþ grisely bitinge & faste cloosinge of teeþ and fomeinge at þe mouþ.
b
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Num.11.20 : The Lord ȝyue to ȝow flesh..to the tyme that it come out bi ȝoure noose thrillis and be turnyd into fomynge [L nauseam; WB(2): wlatyng].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Sense (b) and its supporting quot. have been moved to voming ger. (ID MED51405), and should simply be deleted here.