furmente
Middle English
Alternative forms
- formenty, furmenty, frumenty, frumentee, firmenty, frumyte
Etymology
From Old French fourmenté; equivalent to furment + -e (participial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfrumɛnˈteː/, /ˈfrumɛnteː/, /fur-/
Noun
furmente (uncountable)
- frumenty, furmity
- Family MS. of the Cunliffes. Quoted by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in the note to her poem, Christmas in the Olden Time, 1650. (1835): 'Their entertainment was, a large hall of curious ashler work, a long table, plenty of furmenty like new milk, in a morning, made of husked wheat, boiled and roasted beef, with a fat goose, and a pudding, with plenty of good beer for dinner.'
Descendants
- English: frumenty, fermenty, firmity, fromenty, furmenty, furmety, furmity
References
- “frumentẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.