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frum-gár

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
frum-gár, es; m.
Grammar
frum-gár, frum-gára, an; m.
[frum prīmus; gár a spear.]
a chieftain, leader, prince, patriarch; primĭpīlus, prŏcer, dux, princeps, patriarcha
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  • Geared se frumgár wæs his freómágum leóf

    Jared the patriarch was dear to his kindred,

    • Cd. 59
      • ;
    • Th. 72, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1183.

  • Ne meahte he on ðam frumgáre feorh gehealdan

    he could not keep life in the chieftain,

    • Beo. Th. 5704
      • ;
    • B. 2856: Exon. 75 b
      • ;
    • Th. 283, 24
      • ;
    • Jul. 685.

  • Gesamnedon herigeas folces frumgáras

    the leaders of the people collected their bands,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2137
      • ;
    • An. 1070: Cd. 176
      • ;
    • Th. 222, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 101: Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 18
      • ;
    • Jud. 195.

  • Of ðam frumgárum folc unrím awócon

    from those patriarchs innumerable people sprang,

    • Cd. 124
      • ;
    • Th. 158, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2614.
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  • se frumgára Malalehel

    the patriarch Mahalaleel,

    • Cd. 58
      • ;
    • Th. 71, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 1169.

  • Gif ðú ðam frumgáran brýde wyrnest

    if thou deny to the patriarch his wife,

    • 126
      • ;
    • Th. 161, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2659.

  • Ða frumgáran hátene wǽron Abraham and Aaron

    the patriarchs were called Abram and Haran,

    • 82
      • ;
    • Th. 102, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 1708.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Germ. proper name Frumigér
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “frum-gár.” 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/12535.

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