Obs. [OE. frumbierdling, frumbyrdling, f. frum-a first + beard beard (with umlaut of ea to ie) + -LING.] A youth.
c. 1000. Supp. Ælfric’s Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 171/22. Pube tenus, frumbyrdling.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 41. He frumberdlinges binimeð unðeawes and gode techeð.
