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FROM

  • adjective
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Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
FIRM, strong, stout, bold, strenuous; fortis, strēnuus
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  • Ic eom on móde from

    I am firm in mind,

    • Beo. Th. 5048
      • ;
    • B. 2527: Exon. 46 a
      • ;
    • Th. 156, 13
      • ;
    • Gú. 874.

  • Ic eom forþsíþes from

    I am strenuous of departure,

    • 124 b
      • ;
    • Th. 479, 21
      • ;
    • Rä. 63, 2: 126 b
      • ;
    • Th. 487, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 72, 24.

  • Hý Gúþlác in Godes willan fromne fundon

    they found Guthlac firm in God's will,

    • 37 b
      • ;
    • Th. 123, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 320: Ps. C. 50, 22
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22.

  • Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan

    those were bold leaders,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 15
      • ;
    • An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 521
      • ;
    • El. 261: Ps. Th. 103, 5: Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 622, 25.

  • Wæs Bassa heora látteów Édwines þeng ðæs cyninges se fromesta

    vēnit illuc dūce Basso, mīlĭte rēgis Æduini fortissĭmo,

    • 2, 20
      • ;
    • S. 521, 42: 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 546, 27, col. 2.

  • Hió biþ frommast and swiðost

    she is most strenuous and most strong,

    • Exon. 128 a
      • ;
    • Th. 493, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 81, 3.
rich, abundant, excellent; ūber, abundans, præstans
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  • Swilc biþ mǽgburg menigo ðínre, folcbearnum frome

    such shall be the family of thy people, abundant in children,

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 2194.

  • Fromum feohgiftum

    with rich money gifts,

    • Beo. Th. 41
      • ;
    • B. 21.

  • Fromra

    præstantior,

    • Cot. 154.
Etymology
[
Orm. frame profit
:
Plat. fram, fraam pious
:
O. Sax. from virtuous; fruma, f. benefit
:
Frs. froem useful
:
O. Frs. fremo, from beneficial; froma benefit
:
Dut. vroom virtuous, religious
:
Ger. fromm pious
:
M. H. Ger. vrum, vrom useful
:
O. H. Ger. frum effĭcax; fruma, f. benefit
:
Dan. Swed. from pious, meek
:
Icel. frómi honest, guileless.
]
Derived forms
dǽd-from, hild-, orleg-, síþ-, un-
Linked entries
v.  fram freom fromnis frum.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FROM.” 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/12482.

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