"fruma" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfru.mɑ/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *frumô, from the stem *fur-, *fr- (Old English for, for-) + the rarer comparative suffix *-umô. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma), Latin prīmus. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*frumô}} Proto-Germanic *frumô, {{m|gem-pro|*fur-}} *fur-, {{m|gem-pro||*fr-}} *fr-, {{cog|ang|for}} Old English for, {{m|ang|for-}} for-, {{m|gem-pro|*-umô}} *-umô, {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma), {{cog|la|prīmus}} Latin prīmus Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|fruman|||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fruma m (nominative plural fruman), {{ang-noun|m|fruman}} fruma m (nominative plural fruman) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|frum}}, {{ang-decl-noun|fruma|fruman|fruman|fruman|fruman|frumena|fruman|frumum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: fruman [nominative, plural], weak [table-tags], fruma [nominative, singular], fruman [nominative, plural], fruman [accusative, singular], fruman [accusative, plural], fruman [genitive, singular], frumena [genitive, plural], fruman [dative, singular], frumum [dative, plural]
  1. beginning, origin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fruma-ang-noun-FUn4cWAp
  2. prince, king, chief, ruler. Often used in compounds Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fruma-ang-noun-nbWNgCIy
  3. originator, inventor, creator Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fruma-ang-noun-KoA9dpFN Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dǣdfruma, frumbearn, frumbierdling, frumbyrd, frumcenned, frumcnēow, frumcynn, frumgār, frumhræġl, frumhīwung, frumieldo, frumlēoht, frumlīehtan, frumlīċ, frumrǣd, frumrīpan, frumstemn, frumstōl, frumsċeaft, frumsċeatt, frumsċieppend, frumsċyld, frumtalu, frumtīd, frumweorc, frumwyrhta, frumwīfung, frumċierr, frumġesċeap, frumġewrit, frumġield, hildfruma, landfruma, lēodfruma, lēohtfruma, līffruma, ordfruma, tīrfruma, wīġfruma, ēadfruma

Inflected forms

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      "form": "fruman",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "ref": "Beowulf wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...)",
          "text": "This beginning was terrible for people in the land (...)",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfru.mɑ/"
    }
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "frumbearn"
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    {
      "word": "frumbierdling"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "frumcenned"
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    {
      "word": "frumcnēow"
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    {
      "word": "frumcynn"
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    {
      "word": "frumgār"
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    {
      "word": "frumhræġl"
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      "word": "frumhīwung"
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      "word": "frumieldo"
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      "word": "frumlēoht"
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      "word": "frumlīehtan"
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      "word": "frumlīċ"
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      "word": "frumrǣd"
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    {
      "word": "frumstōl"
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    {
      "word": "frumsċeaft"
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    {
      "word": "frumsċeatt"
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    {
      "word": "frumsċieppend"
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    {
      "word": "frumsċyld"
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      "word": "frumtalu"
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    {
      "word": "frumtīd"
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    {
      "word": "frumweorc"
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    {
      "word": "frumwyrhta"
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    {
      "word": "frumwīfung"
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    {
      "word": "frumċierr"
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    {
      "word": "frumġesċeap"
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    {
      "word": "frumġewrit"
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    {
      "word": "frumġield"
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    {
      "word": "hildfruma"
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    {
      "word": "landfruma"
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    {
      "word": "lēodfruma"
    },
    {
      "word": "lēohtfruma"
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    {
      "word": "līffruma"
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    {
      "word": "ordfruma"
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      "word": "tīrfruma"
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    {
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          "king"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "originator, inventor, creator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "originator",
          "originator"
        ],
        [
          "inventor",
          "inventor"
        ],
        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfru.mɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fruma"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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