Italian

Verb

freme

1. third-person singular present indicative of fremere

Anagrams

• ferme

Latin

Verb

freme

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fremō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vreme, freame, freome

Noun

freme (plural fremes)

1. benefit, profit, advantage

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

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frami- ‎(“going forth”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *framaz ‎(“forward”).

Adjective

freme

1. vigorous, flourishing
2. good, strenuous, bold

   Fremu folces cwén. — The folk's bold queen. (Beowulf)

Declension

Noun

freme f ‎(nominative plural fremena)

1. fremu, advantage, gain, benefit, profit, good

   Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan. — Of what we may advantages gain.

Derived terms

• fremednes f — accomplishment, fulfilment, effect
• fremful — useful, profitable, beneficial, fremeful
• fremfullīce — efficaciously, successfully
• fremfulnes f. — utility, profit
• fremian, fremman — to further, advance, support, avail, benefit, do good
• fremlic — profitable
• fremming f — purpose, effect, performance, progress
• fremsum — beneficent, benign, kind, gracious
• fremsumlic — benignant, kind
• fremsumllīce — benignantly, kindly
• fremsumnes f. — benefit, benignity, kindness, liberality

Descendants

• English frim

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", freme et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), freme.