Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūmẹ̄s n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fūmẹ̄s n. |
| Etymology | OF fumées. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fime.
1.
Excrement, dung (of a game animal, specif. of the hart).
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)7 : He shal report byfore þe lord..by þe fumes [vr. fumeez] þat he shal haue in his horn..and euery man shal say, lo here is a gret hert.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)22 : Þei croteye her fumes in diuerse maners aftir þe tymes, and after her metes, as doþ þe hert.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)78 : If men..aske hym of þe fumes, he shal clepe fumes of an hert, cotyng of þe buk..þat of þe fox waggyng, of þe greie þe werderobe.