Fremian

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An Old English verb meaning to carry out, perform or accomplish an action ; to advance, promote or be of benefit to another person
2. Old English for doing or achieving something through effort ; helping or furthering the good or advantage of someone
3. A verb from Old English meaning to bring about or complete a task ; to promote the welfare or advantage of others

Etymology: Old English "fremian" is a verb meaning to further, advance, or benefit someone or something, and to carry a task through to completion. It is a close relative of "fremman," which meant to perform or accomplish, and both grew from the adjective "fram," meaning forward, or useful and profitable. The English "from" comes from the same root, and the sense of moving forward survives in that older meaning of making progress. The verb's most surprising descendant is "frame." Old English "framian," a variant of the same family, meant to be useful or profit, and it later developed into the English sense of shaping or putting something together. The link is through that shared sense of advancing a purpose, not through any picture of a physical border or structure.