a. Obs. [OE. fręmfull, f. fręmn, FREME sb. + -FUL.] Advantageous; profitable; beneficial, beneficent.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 152. Üysse wyrte wos ys swyðe fremful.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 109. Ne bið naut his lare fremful.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 149. Swich wop is fremful to wassende mide sinnes.
1340. Ayenb., 80. Me can todele þri manere guodes, guod worþssiplich, guod lostuol and guod uremuol.
Hence Fremefully adv., profitably.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 175. Wat it bitocneð and heu fremfulliche to understonden.
