fruma
Gothic
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrʏːma/
- Rhymes: -ʏːma
Declension
declension of fruma
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fruma | fruman | frumur | frumurnar |
| accusative | frumu | frumuna | frumur | frumurnar |
| dative | frumu | frumunni | frumum | frumunum |
| genitive | frumu | frumunnar | frumna | frumnanna |
Derived terms
Old English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrumɑ/
Noun
fruma m (nominative plural fruman)
- beginning, origin
- Beowulf
- wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...)
- This beginning was terrible for people in the land (...)
- wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...)
- Beowulf
- prince, king, chief, ruler. Often used in compounds.
- Beowulf
- wine Scyldinga / léof landfruma lange áhte
- friend of the Scyldings / beloved ruler of the land had ruled for a long time
- Ðá wæs gyldenhilt gamelum rince / hárum hildfruman on hand gyfen / enta aérgeweorc
- Then was the golden hilt to the old king / the old battle-leader given into his hand / the ancient work of giants
- wine Scyldinga / léof landfruma lange áhte
- Beowulf
- originator, inventor, creator
Declension
Derived terms
- dǣdfruma
- ēadfruma
- frumbearn
- frumbierdling
- frumbyrd
- frumcenned
- frumcierr
- frumcnēow
- frumcynn
- frumgār
- frumġesceap
- frumġewrit
- frumġield
- frumhīwung
- frumhræġl
- frumieldo
- frumleoht
- frumliċ
- frumliehtan
- frumrīpan
- frumrǣd
- frumsceaft
- frumsceatt
- frumscieppend
- frumscyld
- frumstemn
- frumstōl
- frumtalu
- frumtīd
- frumweorc
- frumwīfung
- frumwyrhta
- hildfruma
- landfruma
- lēodfruma
- lēohtfruma
- līffruma
- ordfruma
- tīrfruma
- wīġfruma
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