,
_information
through hearsay_: instr.
Beowulf
v.
, _to adorn_: pret.
sg.
gefrætwade foldan scēatas leomum
and lēafum, 96; pret. part. þā wæs hāten Heort innanweard folmum gefrætwod,
993.
ge-frǣge, adj. , _known by reputation, renowned_: nom. sg. lēod-cyning . . .
folcum gefrǣge, 55; swā hyt gefrǣge wæs, 2481.
ge-frǣge, st. n.
, _information through hearsay_: instr. sg. mine gefrǣge
(_as I learned through the narrative of others_), 777, 838, 1956, etc.
ge-frǣgnian, w. v. , _to become known through hearsay_: pret. part. fylle
gefrǣgnod (of Grendel's mother, who had become known through the carrying
off of Æschere), 1334?
freca, w. m. , properly _a wolf_, as one that breaks in, robs; here a
designation of heroes: nom. sg. freca Scildinga, of Bēowulf, 1564. --Comp. :
gūð-, hilde-, scyld-, sweord-, wīg-freca; ferð-frec (adj. ).
and lēafum, 96; pret. part. þā wæs hāten Heort innanweard folmum gefrætwod,
993.
ge-frǣge, adj. , _known by reputation, renowned_: nom. sg. lēod-cyning . . .
folcum gefrǣge, 55; swā hyt gefrǣge wæs, 2481.
ge-frǣge, st. n.
, _information through hearsay_: instr. sg. mine gefrǣge
(_as I learned through the narrative of others_), 777, 838, 1956, etc.
ge-frǣgnian, w. v. , _to become known through hearsay_: pret. part. fylle
gefrǣgnod (of Grendel's mother, who had become known through the carrying
off of Æschere), 1334?
freca, w. m. , properly _a wolf_, as one that breaks in, robs; here a
designation of heroes: nom. sg. freca Scildinga, of Bēowulf, 1564. --Comp. :
gūð-, hilde-, scyld-, sweord-, wīg-freca; ferð-frec (adj. ).
