gefremman

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ fremman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfrem.mɑn/

Verb

ġefremman

1. to promote, perfect, commit, perform
   • c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:

     Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.

     Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġefremman (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġefremman	ġefremmenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġefremme	ġefremede
second person singular	ġefremest	ġefremedest
third person singular	ġefremeþ	ġefremede
plural	ġefremmaþ	ġefremedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġefremme	ġefremede
plural	ġefremmen	ġefremeden
imperative
singular	ġefreme
plural	ġefremmaþ
participle	present	past
	ġefremmende	ġefremed

Derived terms

• ġefremming
• ġefremnes

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gefremman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.