afeormian

== Old English == === Etymology === From ā- +‎ feormian (“to cleanse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈfe͜or.mi.ɑn/, [ɑːˈfe͜orˠ.mi.ɑn] === Verb === āfeormian to cleanse, wash to sweep to purify, refine ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: afermen === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “a-feormian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.