Frum-wífung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - frum-wífung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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frum-wífung
f. First marriage by a man:--Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27. [Cf. Icel. frum-verr a first husband.] frum-wifung
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