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frymþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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frymþ, 'es; m.' and in l. 15 'Frymþas . . . Lye',
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  • Frymð

    origo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 73.

  • Frymþum

    exordia, i. principia,

    • 145, 75.
the beginning of something
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  • From frymþe middangeardes,

    • Chr. 6
      • ;
    • P. 6, 1.

  • Frimþe,

    • 616
      • ;
    • P. 23, note 4.

  • Fræmðe,

    • Angl. xi. 4, 16.

  • Fremðe,

    • 5, 10.

  • Hé wolde ðǽre ealdan ǽ ende gesettan, and þysse níwan frymð gesettan,

    • Hml. A. 152, 21.
the beginning.
referring to eternity
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  • On frymðe wæs word,

    • Hml. Th. i. 40, 8.

  • Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte,

    • ii. 218, 18.

  • Þé (Christ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne,

    • Cri. 223: 121.
referring to time, the beginning of the world
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  • Hé mec worhte æt frymðe, þá hé þisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette,

    • Rä. 41, 6.
the beginning of a condition; æt (on) frymþe at the outset, at first, in the first instance, to begin with
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  • Nó hwæðre Ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Euan árna ofteón Fæder æt frymðe,

    • Gen. 954.

  • Þonne hý æt frymðe gemétað

    at their first meeting,

    • Cri. 1666.

  • Swylc hé æt frymðe wæs,

    • Ph. 239.

  • Þǽr þú wurde æt frymðe fugel

    if thou hadst been born a bird,

    • Seel. 79.

  • Drihten him tó earde geceás Sione ǽrest æt frymðe

    praeelegit Sion in habitationem sibi,

    • Ps. 131, 14.

  • Þæt byð secga gehwám snytru on frymðe

    initium sapientiae,

    • 110, 7.

  • Swá mé on frymðe gelomp yrmðu,

    • Hy. 4, 83.
¶ in phrases denoting the Deity, the beginning or source of all things
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  • Fæðer frymþa gehwæs,

    • Ph. 197.

  • Frymþa God,

    • Jud. 33.

  • Frymða Waldend,

    • 5.
first produce, in pl. first-fruits
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  • Be frymþum oþþe offrungum

    de primitiis siue oblationibus,

    • Scint. 165, 17.
Etymology
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v. N. E. D. frumth.
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Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “frymþ.” 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/46556.

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