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frum-stól

  • noun [ masculine ]
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frum-stól, es; m.
An original seat, mansion-house, a proper residence or station; sēdes princĭpālis
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  • Se frumstól, ðe hie of adrifen wurdon

    the original seat [paradise] from which they were driven,

    • Cd. 46
    • ;
    • Th. 59, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 963.
  • Habbaþ ða feówer frumstól hiora, ǽghwilc hiora ágenne stede

    the four [elements] have their proper station, each of them its own place,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 126
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 63.
  • Ðæs fýres frumstól

    the fire's proper station,

    • 20, 250
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 125.
  • Healden ða mǽgas ðone frumstól

    let the kindred hold the paternal mansion,

    • L. In. 38
    • ;
    • Th. i. 126, 6.
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  • In ðam frumstóle, ðe him Freá sette

    in the first seat, which the Lord placed for them,

    • Exon. 93 a
    • ;
    • Th. 349, 24
    • ;
    • Sch. 51.
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