dǽd-fruma
- noun [ masculine ]
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Eádmund cyning, dýre dǽdfruma
king Edmund, the dear deed-doer,
- Chr. 942 ;
- Erl. 116, 9;
- Edm. 3: Andr. Kmbl. 149 ;
- An. 75 .
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Grendel, diór dǽdfruma
Grendel, the dire perpetrator,
- Beo. Th. 4186 ;
- B. 2090 .
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Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste
Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food,
- Cd. 46 ;
- Th. 59, 27;
- Gen. 970 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “dǽd-fruma.” 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/7317.
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