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FRÓD

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
FRÓD, def. se fróda, seó, ðæt fróde; comp. m. fródra, f. n. fródre; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§421; §426;
wise, prudent, sage, skilful; săpiens, prūdens, sciens, perītus
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  • Þing sceal gehégan fród wið fródne

    the wise shall hold counsel with the wise,

    • Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 334, 20
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 19: Menol. Fox 267
      • ;
    • Men. 135: Beo. Th. 3693
      • ;
    • B. 1844: Cd. 161
      • ;
    • Th. 200, 11
      • ;
    • Exod. 355: Elen. Kmbl. 685
      • ;
    • El. 343.

  • Se fróda

    the sage [Isaiah ],

    • Exon. 12 b
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 32
      • ;
    • Cri. 326.

  • Heó héht gefetigean fródne on ferhþe

    she commanded [them] to fetch the prudent in mind,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2325
      • ;
    • El. 1164.

  • Gemyne fróde fæder láre

    remember [thy] father's wise lore,

    • Exon. 81 a
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 26
      • ;
    • Fa. 94.

  • Þurh fród gewit

    through wise mind,

    • Exon. 25 a
      • ;
    • Th. 72, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 1178.

  • Fródra and gódra gumena

    of wise and good men,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1270
      • ;
    • El. 637.

  • Fróde men

    prudent men,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 849
      • ;
    • Sal. 424.

  • Frige mec fródum wordum

    question me in prudent words,

    • Exon. 88 b
      • ;
    • Th. 333, 8
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 1.

  • Hý beóþ ferþe ðý fródran

    they will be the wiser in mind,

    • 107 a
      • ;
    • Th. 408, 32
      • ;
    • Rä. 27, 21.
as wisdom and experience belong to old age, hence, —
Advanced in years, aged, old, ancient; ætāte provectus, sĕnex, vĕtus, priscus
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  • Wintrum fród

    advanced in years,

    • Cd. 107
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    • Th. 141, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2353: Exon. 58 a
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    • Th. 208, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 154: Beo. Th. 5243
      • ;
    • B. 2625: Andr. Kmbl. 1012
      • ;
    • An. 506: Menol. Fox 133
      • ;
    • Men. 66: Byrht. Th. 141, 4
      • ;
    • By. 317.

  • Fród cyn

    the ancient race,

    • Cd. 143
      • ;
    • Th. 179, 15
      • ;
    • Exod. 29.

  • Se fróda Constantínus

    the aged Constantine,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 18
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 37: Beo. Th. 5848
      • ;
    • B. 2928.

  • Geárum fródne,

    acc. advanced in years,

    • Exon. 126 b
      • ;
    • Th. 485, 25
      • ;
    • Rä. 72, 3.
Etymology
[
Plat. frod, vrood
:
O. Sax. fród
:
Frs. froed
:
O. Frs. frod
:
Dwt. vroed
:
M. H. Ger. vruot healthy, brave
:
O. H. Ger. fruot, frót
:
Goth. fróþs prudent
:
Icel. fróðr learned.
]
Derived forms
geómor-fród, hige-, in-, un-
Linked entries
v.  wita.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FRÓD.” 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/12467.

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  • FRÓD, n.; adj.

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