fæmne

• femne

From Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), related to (but not directly cognate with) Old Saxon fēmea, fēhmia, West Frisian fæm, Icelandic feima (“maiden”). Unrelated to Latin fēmina (“female, woman”), and probably also to Latin famula (“female servant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæːmne/

fǣmne f (nominative plural fǣmnan)

1. female, woman, damsel, maid, maiden, virgin

   Sceal fémne hire freónd geséccan. — The maiden shall seek her lover.

• fǣmnehād m — virginity, maidenhood
• fǣmnehādesmon m — virgin
• fǣmnlic — maidenly, virginal
• fæmne (“mynsterfǣmne”) f — nun
• nunfǣmne f — nun
• wilfǣmne f — beloved woman