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§221; §370;
Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.]
consolation.
the action of consoling
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  • Þé is nú frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse

    medicinae tempus est, non querelae,

      Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.
  • 'Ic eów sende frófre Gást' . . . ꝥ

  • Hí ne mihton mid heora frófre his dreórignysse ádwǽscan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 134, 19.

  • Ic eów mid wunige forð on frófre

    I will remain on with you consoling you,

      Cri. 489: 1361.

  • Ferðþes frófre gemétton . . . hæleð hygegeómre,

      Gú. 895.
the state of being consoled, alleviation of distress
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  • Gé frófre ne wénað, þæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden,

      Gú. 479: B. 185: An. 1707.

  • Ic wiðsóc sáwle mínre frófre

    negavi consolari animam meam,

      Ps. Th. 76, 3.
comfort, freedom from distress
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  • Hinc gé hér on stariað and in frófre geseóð frætwum blícan,

      Cri. 522.
a consolation, a particular action that consoles, a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or
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  • Eálá Wísdóm, þú þe eart sió héhste frófer wérigra móda

    summum lassorum solamen animorum,

      Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 9.

  • Sió án frófer erminga æfter ðám ermðum þisses lífes,

      34, 8; F. 144, 29.

  • Frófor,

      Hy. 7, 9: Gú. 1184.

  • Ðú in unrótnisse fróffer (

    solatium

    ),
      Rtl. 105, 7.

  • Hé nánre frófre beinnan þám carcerne ne gemunde,

      Bt. 1; F. 4, 2.

  • Hé sægde mancynne tó frófre ꝥ hé sylfa ús gesécean wolde,

      Bl. H. 119, 29.

  • Sé Hálga Gást wæs . . . þǽm apostolum tó frófre geháten,

      131, 13: Gen. 955: 1108.

  • Þá gódan God geseóð heóm tó frófran and tó gefeán and tó áre,

      Shrn. 202, 16.

  • His swǽsne sunu . . . feóres frófre,

      Exod. 404; Cri. 338.

  • Hé frófre gecwæð . . . héht his líchoman háles brúcan,

      An. 1467.
  • Hé ásende þisne frófer þus cwæðende: 'Eálá . . . þíne gebedu synd gefyllede . . . ꝥ gé ne beón gewemmede,' Hml. S. 4, 91.

  • Wæs him frófra mǽst heofonríces weard,

      El. 196.
aid, succour
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  • Gode þancigende þe him ne forwyrnde frófres,

      Ap. Th. 18, 26.

  • Hié him frófre and fultomes wilnodan, ꝥ hié móston ðǽra feónda searo ofercuman,

      Bl. H. 201, 28.

  • Se engel cwóm on fultum and on frófre,

      203, 21: B. 1273.

  • Þæt he wǽre gemedemod him forgyfan hwylcehugu frófre (

    aliquod solatium

    ) þǽr tó eardianne . . . and sóna hé gemétte ǽnne beran standan beforan þám durum,
      Gr. D. 206, 5.

  • Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne

    benigne fac,

      Ps. C. 130.

  • Fyrena frófre,

      B. 628.

  • Frófras (

    solacia

    ) him beón gesealde,
      R. Ben. I. 62, 14: 65, 11.
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v. ge-, hilde-frófor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “frófor.” 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/46504.

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