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leód-fruma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leód-fruma, an; m.
The first in time of a people, the founder of a people, a patriarch; the first in rank among a people, a prince, chieftain, king
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  • Him wæs án fæder leóf leódfruma

    one father had they, founder beloved,

    • Cd. 161
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    • Th. 200, 9
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    • Exod. 354
    • .
  • Leódfruma

    [St. Andrew],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3318
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    • An. 1662
    • :

    [Constantine],

    • Elen. Kmbl. 382
    • ;
    • El. 191
    • .
  • Mín leódfruma

    my lord,

    • Exon. 115 a
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    • Th. 442, 5
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    • Kl. 8
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  • Sethes cynn, leófes leódfruman,

    • Cd. 63
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    • Th. 75, 26
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    • Gen. 1246
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  • Of ðam leódfruman brád folc cumaþ

    from that patriarch [Isaac] shall come nations wide-spreading,

    • 106
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    • Th. 140, 24
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    • Gen. 2332
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  • Gif hí leódfruman lǽstan dorsten

    if they durst follow their chief,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 53
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    • Met. 1, 27
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  • Cyning, leófne leódfruman,

    • Exon. 60 b
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    • Th. 222, 7
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    • Ph. 345
    • :

    [Hrothgar],

    • Beo. Th. 4266
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    • B. 2130
    • :

    [St. Andrew ],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1977
    • ;
    • An. 991
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