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Old English · verb

gefremman

Normalised ġefremman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈfrem.mɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈfrem · mɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
commitpromote

Meaning

  1. to promote, perfect, commit, perform

    Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.

    Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.

    c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:

Conjugation

Conjugation of gefremman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġefremmeġefremede
2nd singular ġefremestġefremedest
3rd singular ġefremeþġefremede
Plural ġefremmaþġefremedon
Subjunctive
Singular ġefremmeġefremede
Plural ġefremmenġefremeden
Non-finite forms of gefremman
Form
Infinitive ġefremman
Inflected infinitive ġefremmenne
Imperative singular ġefreme
Imperative plural ġefremmaþ
Present participle ġefremmende
Past participle ġefremed

All forms (14)

Etymology

From ġe- + fremman.

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