Weorold-fruma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-fruma

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 weorold-fruma

m. One of the world's great men:-- Ðá gemunde hé ða strangan dǽda ðara unmanna (iumanna ?) and ðæra woruldfrumena valida priscorum heroum facta reminiscens, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 12, 28. weorold-fruma

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚠᚱᚢᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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