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frum-sceaft

  • noun [ feminine ]
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frum-sceaft, e; f.
the first creation, the creation, beginning, origin, original state or condition; prīma creātio, ŏrīgo, prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio
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  • Sing me frumsceaft

    canta princĭpium creatūrārum,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 597, 16.

  • Moyses awrát ǽrest be frumsceafte

    Moses wrote first of the creation,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 198, 15.

  • Frumsceaft

    genesis,

    • Jn. Skt. p. 1, 12.

  • Gé mágon hwæt-hwego ongitan be eówrum frumsceafte, ðæt is God

    ye can in some measure understand concerning your origin, that is God,

    • Bt. 26, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 90, 4.

  • Æt frumsceafte

    at the beginning

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    • Exon. 99 a
      • ;
    • Th. 371, 21
      • ;
    • Seel. 79: Beo. Th. 89
      • ;
    • 6. 45: Andr. Kmbl. 1593
      • ;
    • An. 798.

  • He cúðe frumsceaft fira feorran reccan

    he could relate the origin of men from [times] remote,

    • Beo. Th. 182
      • ;
    • B. 91.

  • Fýr clymmaþ on gecyndo, cunnaþ hwænne móte on his frumsceaft, eft to his éþle

    fire climbeth in its nature, strives when it can towards its origin, back to its home,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 831
      • ;
    • Sal. 415.

  • He forlǽt ǽrest lífes frumsceaft

    he first forsakes his original state of life,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 17, 48
      • ;
    • Met. 17, 24.
a created being, creature; creātūra
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  • Hí héredon lífes Ágend, Fæder frumsceafta

    they praised the Lord of life, the Father of all created beings,

    • Exon. 14 b
      • ;
    • Th. 29, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 472: 84 a
      • ;
    • Th. 317, 15
      • ;
    • Mód. 66: Cd. 156
      • ;
    • Th. 195, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 274.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “frum-sceaft.” 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/12549.

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