Old English Dictionary Entry

Fulteman

Part of speech: fultemian Related words: fultuman. fulteman

Definitions

1 definitions

1 fulteman

to assist, help, support; jŭvāre, auxĭliāri :-- Sió womb sceal fulteman ðǽm hondum the belly must support the hands, Past. 34, 3; Hat. MS. 44 a, 21. For ðæm ánwalde ðe ánra gehwilc fultemaþ through the power which each one supports, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 42; Met. 25, 21.

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᛚᛏᛖᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)

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