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FREMU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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FREMU, e; f.
Advantage, profit, gain, benefit; commŏdum, emŏlŭmentum, quæstus, fructus, benĕfĭcium, sălus
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  • Hwelc fremu is ðé ðæt, ðæt ðú wilnige ðissa gesǽlþa

    what advantage is it to thee, that thou desirest these goods?

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 8: 26, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 94, 12.

  • Ðe ðissum folce to freme stondaþ

    which for this folk's prosperity stand,

    • Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 350, 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 123
      • ;
    • 54 a
      • ;
    • Th. 191
      • ;
    • Az. 81: Nar. 39, 18.

  • Ðæt we sceoldon [MS. sceolde] fremena friclan, and us fremu sécan

    that we might desire benefits, and seek to us advantage,

    • Cd. 89
      • ;
    • Th. 110, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1843.

  • Ne ðǽr freme méteþ fira ǽnig

    no man findeth profit there,

    • Exon. 68 b
      • ;
    • Th. 255, 22
      • ;
    • Jul. 218.

  • Neorxna wang stód, gifena gefylled, fremum forþweardum

    paradise stood, filled with gifts, with continual benefits,

    • Cd. 12
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 210: Exon. 113 a
      • ;
    • Th. 434, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 51, 8.
Derived forms
un-fremu
Similar entries
v. freme, an; f.
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v.  freme.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “FREMU.” 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/12266.

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