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fród

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Wright's OE grammar
§421; §426;
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wise.
of persons
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  • Nǽnig þæs fród leofað þæt his mæge ǽspringe þurh his ǽgne spéd witan,

      Sch. 76.
  • Guma gehðum fród, El. 531. (1 a)

    skilled

    in a subject :-- Fyrngidda fród,
      El. 543.
of discourse, counsel, &c.
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  • Fróde geþeahte,

      Men. 182.
  • Fróde láre,

      Fä. 94.
  • Fródum wordum,

      Gn. Ex. 1.
old
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  • Fród

    grandevus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 10.
  • Fródrae

    provectae,

      Txts. 84, 758.
  • Fródre

    preuectue,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 38.
of persons, animals, or plants
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  • Hæfde fród hæle nigon hund wintra and hundseofontig tó,

      Gen. 1222.
  • Fród cyning, hár hilderinc,

      B. 1306.
  • Fród guma sægde fela geongum,

      Fä. 53.
  • Ðraca sceal on hlǽwe fród,

      Gn. C. 27.
  • Fugol fród, geealdad, wintrum gebysgad,

      Ph. 426. (1 a) with dat. or gen. of noun of time :-- Dægríme fród, Gen. 2173.
  • Gomol bið snoterost, fyrngeárum fród, sé þe ǽr fela gebídeþ,

      Gn. C. 12.
  • Fénix byrneð fyrngeárum fród,

      Ph. 219.
  • Hæfde v. and syxtig and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes wine fród wintres,

      Gen. 1194.
  • Treów . . . fród dagum,

      Rä. 54, 4.
of things
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  • Fród fyrngeweorc (a statue), An. 738:

    the universe,

      Ph. 84.
  • Fród fyrngewritu (

    the Old Testament

    ),
      El. 431.
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