frum-meolc
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Substitute: Milk fresh from the cow (?), the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to
frum-sceaft
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Substitute: and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst
frum-sceapen
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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An. Ox.
frum-sceat
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Hé ofslóg ǽlcne frumsceat percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Rdr. 104, 36. Add
frum-spræc
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and add: First words of a discourse Seofon hálige men ðǽra naman wé áwriton on ðǽre frumsprǽce heora hálgan ðrowunge, Hml. S. 23, 120
frum-tíd
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The first part of a period On þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse inclusionis suae tempore primo, Gr. D. 212, 5
frum-wæstm
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Of ðínum frumwæstmum syle ðearfum, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 10. Add
frum-wilm
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the first inflammation of disease Æfter ádle welme onweg gewitenre . . . þonne of þám frumwelme . . ., Lch. ii. 82, 3. the first fervour of feeling, &c. On þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse, R. Ben. 135, 5
heáh-freá
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A high and mighty lord Heofona heáhfreá ( Christ ), Cri. 253: 424. Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2
gúþ-frec
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Substitute: greedy for war or destruction. The epithet is applied to the cannibals who, distressed by hunger, were eager for the death of the victim they meant to eat Þá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded tó þám beaduláce
healf-freó
Half-free
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Half-free Hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healftreón, Wlfst. 171, 4 note
hund-freá
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a centurion Hundfre[-á?] ceniurio, Mt. L. 22, 19 marg. (?)
fram-eald
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]
Linked entry: eald
fram-lic
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His dǽde beóð framlica (fran-, MS.) opera eius fortia erunt, Archiv cxxviii. 300, 10. Add
freó-wíf
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a freeborn woman Fríwíf, Ll. Th. i. 20, 7. Cf. freó-man
gúþ-frec
Bold in war
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Bold in war Gúþfrec guma man bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2235; An. 1119
gafol-freó
Free from tax ⬩ tribute
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Free from tax or tribute Ic habbe gifen ... ðat cotlíf ðé ic wæs boren inne ... and áne hýde ... scotfré and gafolfré, C. D. iv. 215, 33. Gauelfré, 191, 18
orleg-from
Stout in battle
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Stout in battle Oft ic gǽstberend cwelle compwǽpmim; cyning mec . . . hwílum lǽteþ sceacan orlegfromne, Exon. Th. 401, 21; Rii. 21, 15
fram-a-teón
To draw away from ⬩ abstrăhĕre ⬩ extrăhĕre
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To draw away from; abstrăhĕre, extrăhĕre Framatuge extraxisti, Ps. Vos. 21, 8. Framatogen detractus, ablātus, Cot. 69
freó-bearn-fæder
A father of noble children ⬩ nōbĭlium fīliōrum păter
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A father of noble children; nōbĭlium fīliōrum păter.Cd. 163; Th. 206,1; Exod. 445