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FRUMA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FRUMA, an; m. [frum primitive, first] .
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
a beginning, commencement, origin; princĭpium, inĭtium, ŏrīgo, prīmordium, exordium
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  • Hí sendon ǽrendgewrit, wæs se fruma ðus awriten

    mittunt epistŏlam, cūjus hoc princĭpium est,

    • Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 41: 4, 17
      • ;
    • S. 585, 17: Ps. Spl. 118, 160: Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 1. 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 5: Exon. 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 795: Beo. Th. 4608
      • ;
    • B. 2309.

  • Ðú eart ealra þinga fruma and ende

    thou [God] art the beginning and end of all things,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 132, 36: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 549
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 275: Andr. Recd. 1116
      • ;
    • An. 556.

  • On fruman wæs word

    in princĭpio ĕrat verbum,

    • Jn. Bos. 1, 1: 6, 64: Mt. Bos. 19, 4: Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 5: 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 489, 13: 4, 17: S. 586, 12: Ps. Spl. C. 73, 2: 76, 11: 101, 26: Boutr. Scrd. 17, 14: Cd. 174
      • ;
    • Th. 218, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 35: Exon. 69 b
      • ;
    • Th. 258, 33
      • ;
    • Jul. 274
      • ;
    • Bt. Met. Fox 17, 25
      • ;
    • Met. 17, 13.

  • Fram fruman gesceafte

    ab inĭtio creātūræ,

    • Mk. Bos. 10, 6: Chr. 655
      • ;
    • Erl. 28, 2: Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 128, 7: Exon. 25 a
      • ;
    • Th. 73, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 1192: Elen. Kmbl. 2282
      • ;
    • El. 1142: Andr. Kmbl. 2969; An. 1487: Ps. Th. 92, 3: 98, 4.

  • Song he be fruman moncynnes

    cănēbat de orīgĭne hūmāni gĕnĕris,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 598, 10: 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 21.

  • Ealle men hæfdon gelícne fruman

    all men had a like beginning,

    • Bt. 30, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 8: Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 77, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 1277.

  • Of ðæs strýnde monigra mǽgþa cyningcynn fruman lǽdde

    de cūjus stirpe multārum provinciārum rēgium gĕnus orīgĭnem duxit,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 31.

  • Of ðam ða fruman aweallaþ Deorwentan streámes

    de quo Deruentiōnis flŭvii prīmordia erumpunt,

    • 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 607, 10.

  • Hie sealdon heora wæstma fruman

    they should give their first-fruits,

    • Blickl. Homl. 41, 5.

  • To ðǽm frummum

    ad initia

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 5.
an originator, author, founder, inventor; auctor, inventor
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  • God is fruma eallra gesceafta

    God is the author of all creatures,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 161
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 81.

  • Sigores fruma

    the Lord of triumph,

    • Exon. 12 a
      • ;
    • Th. 19, 2;
    • Cri. 294.

  • Fyrnweorca Fruma

    the Author of deeds of old,

    • 16 a
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 579: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 15
      • ;
    • Edg. 41: Elen. Kmbl. 1583
      • ;
    • El. 793.

  • Ealre synne fruma

    the author of all sin,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1540
      • ;
    • El. 772: Salm. Kmbl. 887
      • ;
    • Sal. 443.

  • Tubal Cain sulhgeweorces fruma wæs

    Tubal Cain was inventor of plough-work,

    • Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 66, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1087.

  • Hie leahtra fruman lárum ne hýrdon

    they obeyed not the doctrines of the author of crimes,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1674
      • ;
    • El. 839.

  • Ðæt ðú onsægde synna fruman

    that thou shouldest sacrifice to the author of crimes,

    • Exon. 71 a
      • ;
    • Th. 264, 10
      • ;
    • Jul. 362.

  • Gif hí [MS. he] ne þiówedon hiora fruman

    if they served not their author,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234, 31: Exon. 8 b
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 44.
a chief, prince, ruler, king; prŏcer, princeps, rex
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  • Burgwarena fruma

    chief of citizens,

    • Exon. 86 a
      • ;
    • Th. 324, 6
      • ;
    • Wíd. 90.

  • Filistina fruma

    prince of the Philistines,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 555, 561
      • ;
    • Sal. 277, 280.

  • Herga fruma

    ruler of hosts,

    • Exon. 20 a
      • ;
    • Th. 53, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 845.

  • Ealles folces fruma

    prince of all people,

    • 120 a
      • ;
    • Th. 461, 2
      • ;
    • Hö. 29.

  • Upengla fruma

    prince of archangels,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 451
      • ;
    • An. 226.

  • Se fruma David

    the king David,

    • Ps. C. 50, 20
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 20.

  • Melchisedec com fyrdrinca fruman grétan

    Melchizedec came to greet the chief of warriors,

    • Cd. 97
      • ;
    • Th. 127, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2104: Ps. Th. 112, 7.

  • Hie ahéngon herga Fruman

    they hung up the Prince of hosts,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 419
      • ;
    • El. 210.
Etymology
[
Laym. frume beginning
:
Goth. frums, m. beginning.
]
Derived forms
dǽd-fruma, eád-, gúþ-, hild-, land-, leód-, leóht-, líf-, ord-, þiód-, tír-, wíg-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/12526.

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