fǣmne

fǣmne, f.n: a virgin, damsel, maid, woman. (FAM-neh)

Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 63r. [bestiary.ca]

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