Fæþm(i)an
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fæþm(i)an
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fæþm(i)an
- Add :-- Boden æfter burgum, swá brimo fæðmeð(-að ?), in ceastre gehwǽre told through all towns round which circles the sea, in every city, El. 972. Faeðmendi, faetmaendi, faedmendi sinuosa, Txts. 97, 1862. [O. H. Ger. fademón nere : Icel. faðma to embrace.]