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Take here freme in Dict., and add:
Kindness, kind deed, benefit, good
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  • Fremu, freomu

    beneficium,

    • Txts. 44, 135.

  • Fréme affectus

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    (cf. affectum hyldo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1. 12),

    • Rtl. 187, 17.

    Beneficium

    freme,

    • i.
    donum gife,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 29.
profit, advantage
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  • Hwelc fremu bið menn ðæt hé gestriéne eal ðæt him ymbútan sié

    quid prodest homini, si totum, quod extra se est, congregat?,

    • Past. 333, 10.

  • Gyf hé máre geearnian mæig, him byð sylfum fremu

    si plus deservit, ipsi commodum erit,

    • Ll. Th. i. 438, 7.

  • Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille, ꝥ hé áðor oþþe feó oþþe freme þe wyrsa sý,

    • 266, 23.

  • Freme (feorme, freoma, v.ll. ),

    • 384, 24.

  • Wǽron earme men besyrwde ge æt freme ge æt fóstre ge æt feó.

    • Wlfst. 158, 30.

  • Eádsige hine wel lǽrde tó ealles folces freme

    docuit eum ea quae facienda erant ad utilitatem sibi subjecti populi,

    • Chr. 1042
      • ;
    • P. 162, note 6.

  • Ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian meahte

    that he had done harm by silence where he might have got profit by calling out,

    • Past. 49, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fremu.” 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/46383.

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