frumsetnes
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Old English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]frumsetnes f (Northumbrian, hapax)
- 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
- (gloss) auctōritās
- Durham Ritual, "Alia",
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | frumsetnes | frumsetnessa, frumsetnesse |
accusative | frumsetnesse | frumsetnessa, frumsetnesse |
genitive | frumsetnesse | frumsetnessa |
dative | frumsetnesse | frumsetnessum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frum-setnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.