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FREMMAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
FREMMAN, to fremmanne; ic fremme, ðú fremest, he fremeþ, pl. fremmaþ; p. fremede, fremde, pl. fremedon; impert. freme, pl. fremmaþ; subj. pres. fremme, pl. fremmen; pp. fremed.
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §221; §254; §273; §282; §524; §526;
to advance; promŏvēre
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  • Ðaet ic eáðe mæg ánra gehwylcne fremman and fyrðran freónda mínra

    that I may easily advance and further every one of my friends,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1867
      • ;
    • An. 936: Beo. Th. 3669
      • ;
    • B. 1832.

  • Sume ic to geflíte fremede

    some I have urged to strife,

    • Exon. 72 b
      • ;
    • Th. 271, 18
      • ;
    • Jul. 484.
to FRAME, make, do, effect, perform, commit; iăcĕre, patrāre, effĭcĕre, perfĭcĕre, perpetrāre
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  • Ðe ðone unrǽd ongan ǽrest fremman

    who first began to frame that evil counsel,

    • Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 30: Andr. Kmbl. 133
      • ;
    • An. 67: Beo. Th. 4991
      • ;
    • B. 2499: Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 250, 27
      • ;
    • Jul. 133.

  • Sæcce to fremmanne

    to make strife,

    • Exon. 129 b
      • ;
    • Th. 496, 28
      • ;
    • Rä. 85, 21.

  • Ic gúþe fremme

    I make war,

    • Exon. 105 b
      • ;
    • Th. 402, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 25.

  • Ne fremest ðú riht wið me

    thou doest not right towards me,

    • Cd. 102
      • ;
    • Th. 135, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2245: Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 33
      • ;
    • Az. 97.

  • He sóþ fremeþ

    he performs truth,

    • Exon. 81 a
      • ;
    • Th. 304, 35
      • ;
    • Fä. 80.

  • Sume stale fremmaþ

    quidam furtum perpetrant,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 490, 9: 491, 36: Exon. 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 150, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 780.

  • Ic andsæc fremede

    I made denial,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 942
      • ;
    • El. 472: Exon. 17 a
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 643: Beo. Th. 6004
      • ;
    • B. 3006: Andr. Kmbl. 1237
      • ;
    • An. 619: Cd. 177
      • ;
    • Th. 222, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 106.

  • He fremede swá and Freán hýrde

    he did so and obeyed the Lord,

    • Cd. 73
      • ;
    • Th. 90, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 1493: 130
      • ;
    • Th. 165, 21
      • ;
    • Gen: 2735.

  • Ne ic firene fremde

    I have not committed crimes.

    • Ps. Th. 58, 3: Cd. 18
      • 1;
    • Th. 227, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 185.

  • Hí ða godcundan gerýno clǽnre heortan fremedon

    they performed the divine mysteries with a clean heart,

    • Bd. 1, 8
      • ;
    • S. 479, 26: Beo. Th. 6
      • ;
    • B. 3: Elen. Kmbl. 1288
      • ;
    • El. 646: Menol. Fox 254
      • ;
    • Men. 128: Exon. 26 b
      • ;
    • Th. 79, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 1291: Cd. 149
      • ;
    • Th. 187, 5
      • ;
    • Exod. 146.

  • Me help freme

    do me help or give me help,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 17.

  • Fremmaþ gé nú leóda þearfe

    perform ye now the people's need,

    • Beo. Th. 5593
      • ;
    • B. 2800.

  • Ðæt ðú hospcwide ǽfre ne fremme wið Godes bearne

    that thou never make contemptuous words against God's son,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1046
      • ;
    • El. 524: Andr. Kmbl. 2708
      • ;
    • An. 1356.

  • Fremme se ðe wille

    let him perform [ it] who will.

    • Beo. Th. 2011
      • ;
    • B. 1003.

  • Ǽr gé fremmen yfel

    ere ye commit evil.

    • Cd. 113
      • ;
    • Th. 149, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 2469.

  • Nó hwæðre he ofer Offan eorlscype fremede

    yet he could not effect supremacy over Offa,

    • Exon. 85 a
      • ;
    • Th. 320, 31
      • ;
    • Wíd. 37: Beo. Th. 4274
      • ;
    • B. 2134.
Etymology
[
Laym fremmen, uremmen to perform, frame
:
O. Sax. fremmian, fremman to perform, execute
:
O. Frs. frema to commit, effect
:
O. H. Ger. ga-fremjan
:
Dan. fremme to promote
:
Icel. fremja to further
:
Armor. framma to join.
]
Derived forms
ge-fremman, ǽ-fremmende, firen-, gód-, gúþ-, heaðo-, mán-, náht-, ryht-, till-, wóh-
Linked entries
v.  ge-fremman.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FREMMAN.” 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/12260.

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