fremmen

Middle English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

fremmen

1. to complete, to accomplish

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vrēmen

Further reading

• “fremmen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012