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Ge-fremian, ge-fremman

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1 ge-fremian, ge-fremman

Take these together, and add: I. intrans. To get good, profit :-- Náht ne gefremaþ feónd on him nihil proficiet inimicus in eo, Ps. L. 88, 23. II. trans. (1) to advance, further, promote :-- Gefremið, gifraemith, gifremit provehit, Txts. 89, 1629. Hine God ofer ealle men forð gefremede, B. 1718. Gifremid, -fraemid provecta, Txts. 84, 759. Gefremed, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 39. (2) to effect, accomplish, commit a crime :-- Ic þonne gefremme þæs monnes neádþearf-nesse, Shrn. 77, 8. Eall þú gefremest tu perfecisti eam, Ps. Th. 67, 10. Gefremeþ committat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 37 : efficit, i. perficit, 142, 58. Hí gylt gefremmað, Ps. C. 14. Gefremode transegit (anachareseosvitam), An. Ox. 2518. þæt gefremede Diulius þæt ꝥ angin wearð tídlíce þurhtogen quod Diulius celeriter inplevit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 2. Gefreme perfice, Ps. Srt. 16, 5. Gefrem exerce, Germ. 401, 65. Hé wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefremman, Hml. S. 25, 621: Crä 62. Hwæt sélest wǽre tó gefremmanne, B. 174. Gefremed commissum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 52 : expedita, 145, 38. Ðá hwíle þe hit biþ on his módé, ǽr þám þe hit gefremed weorþe, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 23. Wearð seó menniscnys þurh þone micclan willan gefremmed, Hml. Th. i. 196, 25. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia. An. Ox. 3344. Þá gefremedon commissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 37. (2 a) as a verb of incomplete predication :-- Ús þis se æðeling ýðre gefremede, Cri. 627. Þæt he crísten wǽre gefremed ut Christianus efficeretur, Bd. l, 4; Sch. 16, 19. ¶ ge-fremed perfect :-- Ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, Shrn. 35, 20.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚱᛖᛗᛁᚪᚾ, ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚱᛖᛗᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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