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fremian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fremian, freomian; part. fremiende; hit fremaþ; p. ode; pp. od [fremman]
To profit, do good, be good or expedient, avail; profĭcĕre, prōdesse, expĕdīre, vălēre
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  • Ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ówiht fremian

    nĕque vēlo nĕque remĭgio quicquam profĭcĕre,

    • Bd. 5, 1
    • ;
    • S. 613, 26.
  • Biþ heó fremiende to his clǽnsunge

    ĕrit in expiatiōnem ejus proficiens,

    • Lev. 1. 4.
  • Hwæt fremaþ ǽnegum menn

    quid prodest hŏmĭni?

    • Mt. Bos. 16, 26: 15, 5.
  • Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit

    if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 19, 23
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 280, 9.
  • Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare

    expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam,

    • Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt. Bos. 19, 10.
  • Ðæt hyt náht ne fremode

    quia nihil profĭcĕret,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 24: Mk. Bos. 5, 26.
  • Ðonne biþ gesýne, hwæt him his swefn fremion

    tunc appārēbit, quid illi prōsint somnia tua,

    • Gen. 37, 20.
Etymology
[
Orm. frame profit
:
Swed. främja to forward, advance
:
Icel. frama to further.
]
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v.  framian freomian fromian.
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