Old English · noun
fruma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfru.mɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈfru · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- beginningcreatorinventororiginatororigincompounds
Meaning
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beginning, origin
This beginning was terrible for the landfolk (...)
Beowulf wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...) -
prince, king, chief, ruler; often used in compounds
Beowulf wine Scyldinga / léof landfruma lange áhte friend of the Scyldings / beloved landruler [who] long owned [it]
Then the goldenhilt, an ancient work of giants, was given into the hands of the old king, the grey-haired battleleader
-
originator, inventor, creator
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frumô, from the stem *fur-, *fr- (Old English for, for-) + the rarer comparative suffix *-umô. Cognate with Gothic (fruma), Latin prīmus.
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