freme
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɛ.me/
- Rhymes: -ɛme
- Hyphenation: frè‧me
Verb
freme
- third-person singular present indicative of fremere
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
freme
- second-person singular present active imperative of fremō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vreme, freame, freome
Etymology
From Old English freme, fremu (“advantage, gain, benefit”).
Noun
freme (plural fremes)
Derived terms
- fremen — To help (someone), to aid, advance, benefit, be profitable to, do good to
- fremful — Beneficial
- fremfulliche — Profitably
- fremfulnesse — Beneficial nature, effectiveness
- fremsomness — Beneficence
- fremung — Effect, good or salutary effect
- fulfremed — Fulfilled, accomplished; completed, perfected; complete, perfect.
References
- “frēme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frami- (“going forth”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *framaz (“forward”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfre.me/
Adjective
freme
- vigorous, flourishing
- good, strenuous, bold
- Fremu folces cwén. ― The folk's bold queen. (Beowulf)
Declension
Declension of freme — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | freme | fremu, fremo | freme |
| Accusative | fremne | freme | freme |
| Genitive | fremes | fremre | fremes |
| Dative | fremum | fremre | fremum |
| Instrumental | freme | fremre | freme |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | freme | frema, freme | fremu, fremo |
| Accusative | freme | frema, freme | fremu, fremo |
| Genitive | fremra | fremra | fremra |
| Dative | fremum | fremum | fremum |
| Instrumental | fremum | fremum | fremum |
Declension of freme — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frema | freme | freme |
| Accusative | freman | freman | freme |
| Genitive | freman | freman | freman |
| Dative | freman | freman | freman |
| Instrumental | freman | freman | freman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | freman | freman | freman |
| Accusative | freman | freman | freman |
| Genitive | fremra, fremena | fremra, fremena | fremra, fremena |
| Dative | fremum | fremum | fremum |
| Instrumental | fremum | fremum | fremum |
Noun
freme f (nominative plural freman)
- fremu, advantage, gain, benefit, profit, good
- Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan. ― Of what we may advantages gain.
Declension
Weak feminine (n-stem):
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | freme | freman |
| accusative | freman | freman |
| genitive | freman | fremena |
| dative | freman | fremum |
Derived terms
- fremednes (“accomplishment, fulfilment, effect”)
- fremful (“useful, profitable, beneficial, fremeful”)
- fremfullīċe (“efficaciously, successfully”)
- fremfulnes (“utility, profit”)
- fremlīċ (“profitable”)
- fremman (“to further, advance, support, avail, benefit, do good”)
- fremming (“purpose, effect, performance, progress”)
- fremsum (“beneficent, benign, kind, gracious”)
- fremsumlīċ (“benignant, kind”)
- fremsumllīċe (“benignantly, kindly”)
- fremsumnes (“benefit, benignity, kindness, liberality”)
Descendants
- English: frim
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “freme”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “freme”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.