freomæg

Old English

Etymology

From frēo (“noble”) +‎ mǣġ (“relative”).

Noun

freomæg m

1. (poetic) free or noble kinsman
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,
     oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled,
     frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan,

     Like I should my heart,
     oft wretched, bereft of homeland,
     far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,

Declension

Declension of frēomǣġ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	frēomǣġ	frēomāgas
accusative	frēomǣġ	frēomāgas
genitive	frēomǣġes	frēomāga
dative	frēomǣġe	frēomāgum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frēomǣġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.