Obs. Forms; 1 fręmu, freomo, 2–3 freme, 3 freoma, -e, 4 south. vreme. [OE. fręmu str. fem., noun of quality from fram forward.] Advantage, benefit, profit. Cf. FRAME sb. 1.
a. 700. Epinal Gloss., 135. Beneficium, fremu.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xiv. § 1. Hwelc fremu is ðe ðæt, ðæt þu wilniȝe þissa andweardena ȝesælþa.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 84. Þonne ys wen þÜt hyt him cume to mycelre freme.
c. 1175. Cott. Hom., 217. Þat we hine [God] lufie, and of him smaȝe and spece, naht him to mede ac hus to freme and to fultume.
c. 1205. Lay, 674.
| He deð him selua freoma | |
| þa helpeð his freondene. |
1258. Charter Hen. III., in Tyrrell, Hist. Eng. (1700), II. App. 25. Ure treowthe for the freme of the Loande.
1340. Ayenb., 68–9. Yef enye of hare uryendes ham wylleþ rede and hare ureme ssewy naȝt ham nolleþ yhere.
