Obs. Also 1 fruma, 3–4 frome. [OE. fruma wk. masc.: see FORME a.] Beginning.
Beowulf, 2309. Wæs se fruma eȝeslic.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xix. 4. Se þe on fruman worhte, he worhte wæpmann ænd wif-mann.
c. 1205. Lay., 13265. Þe frume wes vnhende: & al swa wes þe ænde.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 476. Hit is gode monne i-wone, An was from the worlde frome, That [etc.].
13[?]. Sir Beues, 3197 (MS. A.). Ich bidde the at the ferste frome That [etc.].
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 1104. Speke we atte frome Of Erld Olyuer & his felawes.
