fruma

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fruma f (genitive singular frumu, nominative plural frumur)

declension of fruma

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	fruma	fruman	frumur	frumurnar
accusative	frumu	frumuna	frumur	frumurnar
dative	frumu	frumunni	frumum	frumunum
genitive	frumu	frumunnar	frumna	frumnanna

From Proto-Germanic *frumô, from the stem *fur-, *fr- (Old English for, for-) + the rarer comparative suffix *-umô. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma), Latin prīmus.

fruma m (nominative plural fruman)

beginning, origin
- Beowulf
  wæs se fruma egeslíc / léodum on lande (...)
  This beginning was terrible for people in the land (...)
prince, king, chief, ruler. Often used in compounds
- Beowulf
  wine Scyldinga / léof landfruma lange áhte
  friend of the Scyldings / beloved ruler of the land had ruled for a long time
  
  Ðá wæs gyldenhilt gamelum rince / hárum hildfruman on hand gyfen / enta aérgeweorc
  Then was the golden hilt to the old king / the old battle-leader given into his hand / the ancient work of giants
originator, inventor, creator

Declension of fruma (weak)

fruma f