fruma - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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fruma
- Romanization of 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰
fruma f (genitive singular frumu, nominative plural frumur)
- blóðfruma
- eggfruma
- eitilfruma
- frumufræði
- frumulíffæri
- frumuveggur
- heilafruma
- sáðfruma
- stofnfruma
- okfruma
From Proto-Germanic *frumô, from the stem *fur-, *fr- (Old English for, for-) + the rarer comparative suffix *-umô. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma), Latin prīmus.
fruma m (nominative plural fruman)
- beginning, origin
- Beowulf
wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...)
- This beginning was terrible for people in the land (...)
- Beowulf
- prince, king, chief, ruler. Often used in compounds
- Beowulf
wine Scyldinga / léof landfruma lange áhte
- friend of the Scyldings / beloved ruler of the land had ruled for a long time
Ðá wæs gyldenhilt gamelum rince / hárum hildfruman on hand gyfen / enta aérgeweorc
- Then was the golden hilt to the old king / the old battle-leader given into his hand / the ancient work of giants
- Beowulf
- originator, inventor, creator
Weak:
- dǣdfruma
- ēadfruma
- frumbearn
- frumbierdling
- frumbyrd
- frumcenned
- frumcnēow
- frumcynn
- frumċyrr
- frumgār
- frumġesċeap
- frumġewrit
- frumġield
- frumhīwung
- frumhræġl
- frumieldo
- frumlēoht
- frumlīċ
- frumlīehtan
- frumrǣd
- frumrīpan
- frumsċeaft
- frumsċeatt
- frumsċieppend
- frumsċyld
- frumstemn
- frumstōl
- frumtalu
- frumtīd
- frumweorc
- frumwīfung
- frumwyrhta
- hildfruma
- landfruma
- lēodfruma
- lēohtfruma
- līffruma
- ordfruma
- tīrfruma
- wīġfruma
From Proto-Germanic *frumô.
fruma f