Fruma

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fruma

Add: I. a beginning. (1) the first part or point of a continuous period, action, work, &c.:--Se dæg wæs fruma þyses lǽnan leóhtes, Bl. H. 133, 10. Ðás circean þus gecýþde æt fruman (at the time of its foundation) seó ilce bóc, 197, 26. Se godspellere sóna on fruman (in the very first part of his work) his godspell swá be þǽre Ióhannes gebyrde wrát, 161, 25. ¶ the beginning of time:--Swá God æt fruman getihhod hæfde, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 26: 41, 2; F. 246, 17. Hí on fruman tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron, Bl. H. 61, 7. Þíne welan þe þú (the Devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes unhýrsumnesse, 85, 30. (2) the first member of a connected series:--Se fruma wæs ꝥ mon forstæl ǽnne wímman æt Ícesleá, Cht. Th. 206, 19. Þára manna þe þæt bócland on fruman (in the first instance) gestríndon, Ll. Th. i. 88, 19. (3) the first stage of a development:--Þisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian, Lch. ii. 232, 16. II. source, origin:--'Ðú cennest sunu' . . . Mid þý þe heó gehýrde þone fruman ðæs godcundan túddres, þá cwæþ heó: 'Hú mæg þis þus geweorþan . . .?,' Bl. H. 7, 20. II a. of a person, source, author:--Sé sé ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðǽre tówesnesse (caput jurgiorum), Past. 279, 13. Dryhten, þú ús álésdest from deáþes fruman, Bl. H. 89, 32.

Palabras relacionadas: weorold-fruma. fruma