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frymþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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frymþ, frumþ, es; m: e; f. [frum original, first]
A beginning, foundation, origin, first-fruits; inĭtium, princĭpium, constĭtūtio, ŏrigo, prīmĭtiæ
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  • Næs his frymþ ǽfre

    his origin never was,

    • Exon. 65 a
      • ;
    • Th. 240, 12
      • ;
    • Ph. 637.

  • Ic sprece fóresetnyssa fram frymþe

    lŏquar propŏsĭtiōnes ab inĭtio,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 2: Ps. Spl. 101, 26: Mt. Bos. 19, 8: Lk. Bos. 1, 2.

  • Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian, swá ic ðé æt frymþe gehét

    that event shall yet come to pass, as I promised thee at the beginning,

    • Cd. 109
      • ;
    • Th. 144, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 2390: 6
      • ;
    • Th. 8, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 132: 174
      • ;
    • Th. 218, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 35: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 75
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 38: 13, 25
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 13: Ps. Th. 70, 4: 104, 24.

  • Of middangeardes frymþe

    a constĭtūtiōne mundi,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 34: Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 13, 29: Lchdm. iii. 264, 10.

  • Heó of ðære ylcan mǽgþe Eást-Engla líchoman frymþe lǽdde

    de provincia eōrumdem Orientālium Anglōrum ipsa carnis orīgĭnem duxĕrat,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 590, 8.

  • Frymþas

    prīmĭtiæ,

    • Scint. Lye.

  • Gefreoða úsic, frymþa Scyppend

    protect us, Creator of beginnings!

    • Exon. 65 a
      • ;
    • Th. 239, 32
      • ;
    • Ph. 630: 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 792: Elen. Kmbl. 1002
      • ;
    • El. 502.
Etymology
[
Orm. frummþe.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “frymþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12580.

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