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Middle English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French saim (“fat”), from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen. See Modern English seam.
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Noun
seym (uncountable)
- fat, lard, grease
c. 1225, “Eahtuðe dale: þe uttre riwle”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 112, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:Ȝe ne ſchulen naƿt eoten fleſch ne ſeim · bute foꝛ muche ſecneſſe oðer hƿa ſe iſ ouer feble ·- You shouldn't eat meat or fat, except in the case of extreme frailty or a strong illness.
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