"fram" meaning in Old Norse

See fram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: fremr [comparative], fremst [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Germanic *fram Old Norse fram From Proto-Germanic *fram, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forth, forward”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|non|:inh|gem-pro:*fram|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Germanic *fram Old Norse fram [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "forth, forward", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "fare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pró", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fram", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "fram", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" }" data-lang="non" data-title="fram">, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*fram}} Proto-Germanic *fram, {{der|non|ine-pro|*pro-||forth, forward}} Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forth, forward”) Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} fram, {{non-adv|fremr|fremst}} fram (comparative fremr, superlative fremst)
  1. forward, forth Derived forms: framvíss (english: prescient, foreseeing, prophetic) Related terms: framr, fremja
    Sense id: en-fram-non-adv-cKknB9kq Categories (other): Old Norse entries with etymology trees, Old Norse entries with etymon, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 0 1 5 1 11 1 3 12 0 4 1 1 10 13 9 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 8 1 10 1 4 10 0 6 1 1 9 12 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
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    {
      "form": "fremr",
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    },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
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}

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