frumwyrhta

Old English

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Etymology

From fruma (“first, original”) +‎ wyrhta (“wright”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrumˌwyrx.tɑ/, [ˈfrumˌwyrˠx.tɑ]

Noun

frumwyrhta n

1. author, creator

References

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