Frum-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

Frum-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: note in Schmid.] In ðam frumstóle, ðe him Freá sette

Definitions

1 frum-stól

m. An original seat, mansion-house, a proper residence or station; sēdes princĭpālis :-- Se frumstól, ðe hie of adrifen wurdon the original seat [paradise] from which they were driven, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 14; Gen. 963. Habbaþ ða feówer frumstól hiora, ǽghwilc hiora ágenne stede the four [elements] have their proper station, each of them its own place, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 126; Met. 20, 63. Ðæs fýres frumstól the fire's proper station, 20, 250; Met. 20, 125. Healden ða mǽgas ðone frumstól let the kindred hold the paternal mansion, L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 6. [in the first seat, which the Lord placed for them, Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 24; Sch. 51. frum-stol

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚢᛗ-ᛋᛏᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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