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fremman

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§60; §221; §254; §273; §282; §524; §526;
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intrans.
To advance, get on, prevail
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  • Fremet

    proficiet (radix justorum ),

      Kent. Gl. 406.
  • Gúðlác wítedómlice gáste weóx and fremede,

      Guth. 60, 22.
  • Hé nówiht on þon fremede

    nec ipse proficere aliquid ualebat,

      Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 241, 3.
  • Nó hí ówiht on ðám fremedon

    nec quicquam proficiebant,

      3, 19; Sch. 275, 10.
  • Þæt hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan. wið feónda níð

    that he succeed by his labours, ere he must depart, in prevailing on earth against the fiends' malice,

      Seef. 75.
trans.
to advance, further, promote
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  • Fremid

    provehit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 17.
to perform, commit a crime
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  • Gif hé unrihthǽmed fremeþ wiþ óþer wíf,

      Bl. H. 185, 26.
  • Heálice synna þá ðe woruldmen fremmað,

      213, 6.
  • Fremmaþ

    facessunt

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 31.
  • Fremede facessit, 93, 30;

    exercebat,

      144, 69.
  • Freme nú ꝥ þú ongunne,

      Bl. H. 189, 2.
  • Ne mæg hé mid þám oþrum nánwuht fremman

    nihil est quod explicari queat,

      Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 8.
  • Þá geogoðlustas to fremmenne,

      Bl. H. 59, 9.
  • Mínne willan tó fremanne. Hml. S. 23 b, 419.
  • Geligre fremmende,

      Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 29.
  • Tugon hié hiene þæt hé heora swicdómes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre

    quasi urbem regi venditasset,

      4, 5; S. 168, 17.
  • Fremmendum

    prestante,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 11.
Etymology
[v. N.E.D. freme.]
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v. full-fremman, wel-fremmende.
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