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  • Ordfruma ł angin

    principium,

      Ps. L. 109, 3.

  • Ǽlc ðing hæfð anginn and ordfruman ðurh God, ac God . . . næfð nán angin ne nǽnne ordfruman,

      Hex. 22, 1.

  • Hé eallum gesceaftum anginn and ordfruman forgeaf,

      Hml. Th. i. 274, 30.
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  • 'Ego sum principium' . . . se Hǽlend be him sylfum spræc ꝥ hé is ordfruma and angin ealra þinga,

      Hml. S. 1, 12.

  • Gif hí hiora ordfruman (cf. fruman, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 31) ne þiówoden

    nisi refluant causae quae dedit esse,

      Met. 29, 96.
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  • Ic gecýðe be ǽlcum þǽra spella æt hwilcum ordfruman ic hý geáxode

    quibus haec auctoribus mihi comperta sint manifesto,

      Gr. D. 9, 6,
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  • Þæt æðele cyn, engla ordfruman, þæt þe eft forwearð,

      Sat. 21.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ord-fruma.” 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/56745.

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