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§421; §426;
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of persons
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  • Nǽnig þæs fród leofað þæt his mæge ǽspringe þurh his ǽgne spéd witan,

    • Sch. 76.

  • Guma gehðum fród,

    • El. 531.
skilled in a subject
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  • Fyrngidda fród,

    • El. 543.
of discourse, counsel, c.
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  • Fróde geþeahte,

    • Men. 182.

  • Fróde láre,

    • Fä. 94.

  • Fródum wordum,

    • Gn. Ex. 1.
old
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  • Fród

    grandevus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 10.

  • Fródrae

    provectae,

    • Txts. 84, 758.

  • Fródre

    preuectue,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 38.
of persons, animals, or plants
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  • Hæfde fród hæle nigon hund wintra and hundseofontig tó,

    • Gen. 1222.

  • Fród cyning, hár hilderinc,

    • B. 1306.

  • Fród guma sægde fela geongum,

    • Fä. 53.

  • Ðraca sceal on hlǽwe fród,

    • Gn. C. 27.

  • Fugol fród, geealdad, wintrum gebysgad,

    • Ph. 426.
with dat. or gen. of noun of time
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  • Dægríme fród,

    • Gen. 2173.

  • Gomol bið snoterost, fyrngeárum fród, sé þe ǽr fela gebídeþ,

    • Gn. C. 12.

  • Fénix byrneð fyrngeárum fród,

    • Ph. 219.

  • Hæfde v. and syxtig and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes wine fród wintres,

    • Gen. 1194.

  • Treów . . . fród dagum,

    • Rä. 54, 4.
of things
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  • Fród fyrngeweorc (a statue),

    • An. 738:

    the universe,

    • Ph. 84.

  • Fród fyrngewritu ( the Old Testament ),

    • El. 431.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fród.” 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/46499.

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