frame
frame v
OE framian, to be helpful or profitable, to make progress.
- Style; adorn; prepare; make ready for use.
frame n
ON frame, furtherance, advancement, or OE fram, forward, from; see frame, v.
- Appearance; aspect; [fig.] gown; clothes; dress; robe.
- Support; enclosing structure; [fig.] anatomy; human body; mortal physique.
- Coffin; wooden box.
- Structure; wooden form of a house; timbers of an edifice fitted and joined.