Frimdig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Frimdig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: frimdi, frymdi, firmdig; Related words:

Definitions

1 frimdig

adj. Inquisitive, asking, desirous; inquisītīvus, desīdĕrans, requīrens :-- Man him sóna funde, ðæs ðe he frimdig wæs one soon found for him, what he was desirous, Ælfc. T. 36, 13. Swá gé frimdie wǽron sīcat UNCERTAIN dīcĭtis, Ex. 12, 31. Hú máge gé ðæs frimdie beón how can ye be asking for that? Ex. 10, 10. Ðæt land ðe ðú me firmdig to wǽre ðæt ic ðé lénde the land that thou wast desirous I should lease to thee, Th. Chart. 162, 13. frimdig

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛁᛗᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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