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formage (1160)

The form firmage is a cross reference to the following entry:

formage (1160)

fourmage;  fromage,  frumage;  furmage  (fermage,  firmage  Receptaria 148.658)  
  FEW:  formaticum 3,717b Gdf: GdfC:  fromage 9,667b TL: formage 3,2105 DEAF:  fromage  DMF:  fromage  TLF:  fromage  OED: MED: DMLBS:  formagium 984c

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( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 )  un chien desur un punt un furmage en sa buche tient  MARIE Fables 66.5.3
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et preigne l'en fromage mult tres viez et le mince l'en menuement et le quise om oveques miel et doigne l'en  A-N Med i 222
( c.1253 )  La waye de plum, layne, sue, et de furmage peyse .xiiij. peris  Weights 11
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ke eles ne aportent hors furmages, ne bure, ne leit, ne croddes  HENLEY2 278.c43
( 1330-31 )  ly dona .x. souz e fermage e bure a la valu de sis souz  Sel Bills Eyre 119
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  et en fruit quatre deniers, que sont deux soulds et uuyt deniers, et en fourmage deux deniers  Man lang ANTS 59.1
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1160 )  Herbert Furmage  Family Names Furmage
( 1498 )  Matthew Furmage  Family Names Furmage
formage de regain
regain

See also:

formager  formagie 
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firmage