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dǽd-fruma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dǽd-fruma, an; m. [dǽd a deed, fruma II. an author, inventor]
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer; facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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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
    • .
  • Grendel, diór dǽdfruma

    Grendel, the dire perpetrator,

    • Beo. Th. 4186
    • ;
    • B. 2090
    • .
  • 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
    • .
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  • dǽd-fruma, n.