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fremian

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  • Fremað

    proficit,

    • An. Ox. 56, 347.

  • Genóg frémað

    sufficit,

    • Rtl. 191, 37.

  • Fremet

    expedit,

    • Kent. Gl. 605.

  • Hú micclum fremige þǽre soðan lufe gebed,

    • Hml. Th. i. 50, 35.

  • Wið fýre fremiende

    contra ignem valens.

    • Bd. 3, 10
      • ;
    • Sch. 232, 16.
Grammar
fremian, with dat. of object benefited
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  • ꝥ him ne fremað náht,

    • Hml. S. 13, 310
      • :
    • 11, 301.

  • Him fremað swíðor ꝥ þá ungesewenlican fýnd beón oferswýðde þonne þá gesewenlican,

    • 25, 829.

  • Hig ne fremiað mé ealle

    non mihi expediunt omnia,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 174, 10.

  • Hé wæs swíðe wís ..., ꝥ fremode eallre þisse ðeóde,

    • Chr. 1057; P. 118, 25: Hml. S. 10, 239.

  • Hwæt eów betst fremige,

    • 11, 35.

  • Him sylfum fremian

    sibi prodesse,

    • R. Ben. I. 107, 17.

  • Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan,

    • R. Ben. 120, 9
      • :
    • Hml. Th. i. 62, 8.

  • Þurh lufe óðrum fremigan,

    • 252, 20.
where the particular is given in respect to which benefit is done
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  • Þá ðing þe him fremað tó nitwyrðum þingum and tó þǽre écan hǽle,

    • Hml. S. I. 101.

  • Hit him náwiht tó hǽlo ne fremede,

    • Guth. 96, 16.
where means or manner of benefit is given
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  • Þæt hé oðrum fremige on worde and on weorce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 556, 15.

  • Ne mihte se éhtere mid nánre ðénunge þám lytlingum swá micclum fremian, swá micclum swá hé him fremode mid þǽre éhtnysse hætunge,

    • i. 84, 11.
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Ne ligge nefre on þine heorde ꝥ hauelese monnani meie fremian,
  • O.E. Hml. i. III, 8.
ꝥing þet ham wolde ureomien,
  • A. R. 284.
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Etymology
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Fremian seems to be distinguished in meaning and form from fremman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fremian.” 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/46373.

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