freomæg
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frēo (“noble”) + mǣġ (“relative”).
Noun
[edit]freomæg m
- (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,
- Like I should my heart,
Declension
[edit]Declension of frēomǣġ (strong a-stem)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frēomǣġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.