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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420
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Fourm(e, Fowrm(e, v. [ME. fowrme, fourme (c 1300), OF. fourmer var. of former Form v.] tr. To form or shape. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 238.
How God the warld fyrst mad, & mane syne fowrmyt had c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 17.
The poete Omere and Vyrgylle Fayrly fowrmyde thare tretis c1420 Ib. ii. 1301; etc.
Than he hyr fourmyde in a kowe
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