freme

See also: fremé and frême

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛ.me/
• Rhymes: -ɛme
• Hyphenation: frè‧me

Verb

freme

1. third-person singular present indicative of fremere

Anagrams

• Efrem, ferme

Latin

Verb

freme

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fremō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vreme, freame, freome

Etymology

From Old English freme, fremu (“advantage, gain, benefit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛmə/ (Early Middle English)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛ̞ːm(ə)/

Noun

freme (plural fremes)

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) benefit, profit, advantage

   Ðe man..erneð after his soule freme. — Trinity Homilies, 1225

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/
• Rhymes: -e.me

Adjective

freme

1. vigorous, flourishing
2. 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)

1. fremu, advantage, gain, benefit, profit, good
   • Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan. ― Of what we may advantages gain.

Declension

Weak 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.