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leód-fruma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leód-fruma, an; m.
The first in time of a people, the founder of a people, a patriarch; the first in rank among a people, a prince, chieftain, king
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  • Him wæs án fæder leóf leódfruma

    one father had they, founder beloved,

    • Cd. 161
      • ;
    • Th. 200, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 354
      • .

  • Leódfruma

    [St. Andrew],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3318
      • ;
    • An. 1662
      • :

    [Constantine],

    • Elen. Kmbl. 382
      • ;
    • El. 191
      • .

  • Mín leódfruma

    my lord,

    • Exon. 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 442, 5
      • ;
    • Kl. 8
      • .

  • Sethes cynn, leófes leódfruman,

    • Cd. 63
      • ;
    • Th. 75, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1246
      • .

  • Of ðam leódfruman brád folc cumaþ

    from that patriarch [Isaac] shall come nations wide-spreading,

    • 106
      • ;
    • Th. 140, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2332
      • .

  • Gif hí leódfruman lǽstan dorsten

    if they durst follow their chief,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 53
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 27
      • .

  • Cyning, leófne leódfruman,

    • Exon. 60 b
      • ;
    • Th. 222, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 345
      • :

    [Hrothgar],

    • Beo. Th. 4266
      • ;
    • B. 2130
      • :

    [St. Andrew ],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1977
      • ;
    • An. 991
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leód-fruma.” 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/21403.

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