frumsetnes

Old English

Etymology

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Noun

frumsetnes f

1. authority
   • Durham Ritual, "Alia",

     Ġiher vsig driht' hāliġ fæder allm' ēce god. Þte ġif hvoelc sindon viðirworda ġif hvoelc viðirmoedo in hūse esnes ðīnes frvmsetnesse mæġenðryme' ðīn' āfirredo sīe.

     Hear us Lord, holy father almighty, eternal God. That if any there are adversaries, if any contrary person in house of your servant, by authority of your majesty, they be removed.

References

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