frumsetnes

Old English

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Etymology

From frum- +‎ setnes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrumˌset.nes/

Noun

frumsetnes f (Northumbrian)

1. authority
   • Durham Ritual, "Alia",

     Ġihēr v̄sig drihten hāliġ fæder allmehtiġ ēċe god. þætte ġif hvœlc sindon viðirworda ġif hvœlc viðirmœ̄do in hv̄se esnes ðīnes frvmsettnesse mæġenðrymes ðīnes āfirredo sīe.

     Hear us Lord, holy father, almighty, eternal God, that if there are any adversaries, if any contrarians, in the house of your servant, may they be removed by the authority of your majesty

Usage notes

This term is a hapax found in the Durham Ritual glossing the Latin auctōritāte

Declension

Declension of frumsetnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	frumsetnes	frumsetnessa, frumsetnesse
accusative	frumsetnesse	frumsetnessa, frumsetnesse
genitive	frumsetnesse	frumsetnessa
dative	frumsetnesse	frumsetnessum

References

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