Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English fremman (to further, advance, support; frame, make, do, perpetrate, commit, afford; benefit, do good).

Verb edit

fremmen (third-person singular simple present fremmeth, present participle fremmende, fremmynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fremmed)

  1. To perform or accomplish (something), do
    Heo scullen me monradene mid moscipe fremmen. — Layamon's Brut, c. 1275
    (He should give homage to me with courtesy.)

Descendants edit

  • English: frame
    • Dutch: frame
    • German: framen
  • Scots: frame

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb edit

fremmen

  1. to complete, to accomplish

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • fremmen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012