Obs. [OE. frumsceaft, f. frum-a first + sceaft creation, f. scięppan to SHAPE.] First formation, creation.
Beowulf, 91. Sæȝde, se þe cuþe frumsceaft fira feorran reccan.
c. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., IV. xxv. [xxiv.] (1890), 344. Þa cwæð he: Hwæt sceal ic singan? Cwæð he: Sing me frumsceaft.
a. 1225. Juliana, 3. In ure lauerdes luue þe feader is of frumscheft.
a. 1225. St. Marher., 20. Þu folckes feder of frumschaft schuptest al the ischapen is.
