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freme

  • noun [ feminine ]
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freme, an; f.
Advantage, profit, benefit, good; commŏdum, quæstus, emŏlŭmentum, bŏnum
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  • Hýþ vel freme

    commŏdum, quæstus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 81
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    • Som. 73, 25
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    • Wrt. Voc. 47, 30.
  • Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan

    of what we may gain of advantages,

    • Cd. 22
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    • Th. 28, 18
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    • Gen. 437.
  • Ðú us unfreóndlíce fremena þancast

    thou thankest us unkindly for our benefits,

    • Cd. 128
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    • Th. 162, 31
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    • Gen. 2689: 89
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    • Th. 110, 24
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    • Gen. 1843: 135
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    • Th. 170, 27
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    • Gen. 2819.
  • Gesǽton land unspédigran fremena gehwilcre

    they inhabited a land more barren of every good,

    • 46
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    • Th. 59, 13
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    • Gen. 963.
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