framr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *framaz (“forward, prominent”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forth”). Cognate with Old English fram (“strenuous, active, bold, strong”).

Adjective

framr (comparative fremri, superlative fremstr)

forward, prominent, protruding
superior

Declension

Strong declension of *framr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	framr	frǫm	framt
accusative	framan	frama	framt
dative	frǫmum	framri	frǫmu
genitive	frams	framrar	frams

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	framir	framar	frǫm
accusative	frama	framar	frǫm
dative	frǫmum	frǫmum	frǫmum
genitive	framra	framra	framra

Weak declension of *framr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frami	frama	frama
accusative	frama	frǫmu	frama
dative	frama	frǫmu	frama
genitive	frama	frǫmu	frama

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frǫmu	frǫmu	frǫmu
accusative	frǫmu	frǫmu	frǫmu
dative	frǫmum	frǫmum	frǫmum
genitive	frǫmu	frǫmu	frǫmu

Declension of comparative of *framr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fremri	fremri	fremra
accusative	fremra	fremri	fremra
dative	fremra	fremri	fremra
genitive	fremra	fremri	fremra

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fremri	fremri	fremri
accusative	fremri	fremri	fremri
dative	fremrum	fremrum	fremrum
genitive	fremri	fremri	fremri

Strong declension of superlative of *framr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	framastr, fremstr	frǫmust, fremst	framast, fremst
accusative	framastan, fremstan	framasta, fremsta	framast, fremst
dative	frǫmustum, fremstum	framastri, fremstri	frǫmustu, fremstu
genitive	framasts, fremsts	framastrar, fremstrar	framasts, fremsts

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	framastir, fremstir	framastar, fremstar	frǫmust, fremst
accusative	framasta, fremsta	framastar, fremstar	frǫmust, fremst
dative	frǫmustum, fremstum	frǫmustum, fremstum	frǫmustum, fremstum
genitive	framastra, fremstra	framastra, fremstra	framastra, fremstra

Weak declension of superlative of *framr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	framasti, fremsti	framasta, fremsta	framasta, fremsta
accusative	framasta, fremsta	frǫmustu, fremstu	framasta, fremsta
dative	framasta, fremsta	frǫmustu, fremstu	framasta, fremsta
genitive	framasta, fremsta	frǫmustu, fremstu	framasta, fremsta

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu
accusative	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu
dative	frǫmustum, fremstum	frǫmustum, fremstum	frǫmustum, fremstum
genitive	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu	frǫmustu, fremstu

Descendants

Icelandic: fremri (only comparative and superlative), framur

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “framr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive