† furmagen.
Etymology: < Old French fourmage (modern French fromage ) < popular Latin *formāticum , < forma mould, form n.
Obsolete.
rare.
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun]
1568 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice i. 124 in W. T. Ritchie (1930) IV. 221 Furmag [?a1500 And mane] full fyne scho brocht in steid of geill.
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