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▪ I. † fream, n. Obs.—0
‘Arable land worn out of heart, and laid fallow till it recover’ (Phillips 1671).
Phillips appends this definition to his explanation of Freameth (see next); Kersey 1706 refers it, prob. rightly, to Fream. The word is otherwise unknown.
▪ II. fream, v.|friːm|
Also 6 (? erron.) froam.
[Of uncertain origin.
Perh. an artificial term suggested by L. fremĕre to roar (F. frémir, to shudder, is too remote in sense). But quot. 1876 suggests that it may, with unexplained irregularity, represent OAngl. hréma = WS. hríeman, to cry out.]
intr. To roar, rage, growl: spec. of a boar.
1576Turberv. Venerie 238 A Bore freameth. 1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 51 Hee freams, and skrawling to the skye brays terribil hoyseth. Ibid. iv. (Arb.) 100 Hudge fluds lowdlye freaming from mountayns loftye be trowlling. 1660Howell Parly of Beasts viii. 113 He [a man turned into a boar] did..extreamly froam at his own Country⁓men. 1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. i. (1677) 11 Terms for their Noise at Rutting time..A Boar Freameth. 1711Puckle Club 90 An hart bellows, a buck groyns..a boar freams. [1876Whitby Gloss., Freeam or Reeam, to scream.] |