spumen

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French espumer, from Latin spūmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiu̯mən/

Verb

spumen

1. (rare) to froth

Conjugation

Conjugation of spumen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) spumen, spume
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	spume	spumed
2nd-person singular	spumest	spumedest
3rd-person singular	spumeth	spumed
subjunctive singular	spume
imperative singular		—
plural1	spumen, spume	spumeden, spumede
imperative plural	spumeth, spume	—
participles	spumynge, spumende	spumed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: spume

References

• “spūmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.