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FROM

  • adjective
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Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
FIRM, strong, stout, bold, strenuous; fortis, strēnuus
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  • Ic eom on móde from

    I am firm in mind,

    • Beo. Th. 5048
    • ;
    • B. 2527: Exon. 46 a
    • ;
    • Th. 156, 13
    • ;
    • Gú. 874.
  • Ic eom forþsíþes from

    I am strenuous of departure,

    • 124 b
    • ;
    • Th. 479, 21
    • ;
    • Rä. 63, 2: 126 b
    • ;
    • Th. 487, 6
    • ;
    • Rä. 72, 24.
  • Hý Gúþlác in Godes willan fromne fundon

    they found Guthlac firm in God's will,

    • 37 b
    • ;
    • Th. 123, 9
    • ;
    • Gú. 320: Ps. C. 50, 22
    • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22.
  • Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan

    those were bold leaders,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 15
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    • An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 521
    • ;
    • El. 261: Ps. Th. 103, 5: Bd. 5, 9
    • ;
    • S. 622, 25.
  • Wæs Bassa heora látteów Édwines þeng ðæs cyninges se fromesta

    vēnit illuc dūce Basso, mīlĭte rēgis Æduini fortissĭmo,

    • 2, 20
    • ;
    • S. 521, 42: 3, 18
    • ;
    • S. 546, 27, col. 2.
  • Hió biþ frommast and swiðost

    she is most strenuous and most strong,

    • Exon. 128 a
    • ;
    • Th. 493, 1
    • ;
    • Rä. 81, 3.
rich, abundant, excellent; ūber, abundans, præstans
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  • Swilc biþ mǽgburg menigo ðínre, folcbearnum frome

    such shall be the family of thy people, abundant in children,

    • Cd. 100
    • ;
    • Th. 132, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 2194.
  • Fromum feohgiftum

    with rich money gifts,

    • Beo. Th. 41
    • ;
    • B. 21.
  • Fromra

    præstantior,

    • Cot. 154.
Etymology
[
Orm. frame profit
:
Plat. fram, fraam pious
:
O. Sax. from virtuous; fruma, f. benefit
:
Frs. froem useful
:
O. Frs. fremo, from beneficial; froma benefit
:
Dut. vroom virtuous, religious
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Ger. fromm pious
:
M. H. Ger. vrum, vrom useful
:
O. H. Ger. frum effĭcax; fruma, f. benefit
:
Dan. Swed. from pious, meek
:
Icel. frómi honest, guileless.
]
Derived forms
dǽd-from, hild-, orleg-, síþ-, un-
Linked entries
v.  fram freom fromnis frum.
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  • FROM, adj.