Old English · adjective
fulfremed
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈfulˌfre.med/
- Syllables
- ˈful · ˌfre · med (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- perfecttrainedperfect tensecompletefully
Meaning
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perfect
Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints -
perfect tense
-
fully trained
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complete
Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bīð ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð
Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down,
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fulfremed | fulfremed | fulfremed |
| Accusative | fulfremedne | fulfremede | fulfremed |
| Genitive | fulfremedes | fulfremedre | fulfremedes |
| Dative | fulfremedum | fulfremedre | fulfremedum |
| Instrumental | fulfremede | fulfremedre | fulfremede |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fulfremede | fulfremedafulfremede | fulfremed |
| Accusative | fulfremede | fulfremedafulfremede | fulfremed |
| Genitive | fulfremedra | fulfremedra | fulfremedra |
| Dative | fulfremedum | fulfremedum | fulfremedum |
| Instrumental | fulfremedum | fulfremedum | fulfremedum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fulfremeda | fulfremede | fulfremede |
| Accusative | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremede |
| Genitive | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremedan |
| Dative | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremedan |
| Instrumental | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremedan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremedan |
| Accusative | fulfremedan | fulfremedan | fulfremedan |
| Genitive | fulfremedrafulfremedena | fulfremedrafulfremedena | fulfremedrafulfremedena |
| Dative | fulfremedum | fulfremedum | fulfremedum |
| Instrumental | fulfremedum | fulfremedum | fulfremedum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
Past participle of fulfremman (“to perfect”).
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