Middle English Dictionary Entry
frāme adj.
Entry Info
Forms | frāme adj. |
Etymology | OE fram strong, bold. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. framen.
1.
Of a sacrament: effective.
Associated quotations
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9604 : Sey þan þus..'I crysten þe [a child]..'; And ȝyue..hyt a name And kast on water, þan ys hyt frame.