† ˈfremeful, a. Obs.
[OE. fręmfull, f. fręmu, freme n. + -ful.]
Advantageous; profitable; beneficial, beneficent.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 152 Ðysse 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 lostuoll, and guod uremuol. |
Hence ˈfremefully adv., profitably.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 175 Wat it bitocneð..fremfulliche to understonden. |