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freólíc

  • adjective
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freólíc, freóléc, frílíc; adj.
Free, noble, ingenuous, comely, goodly; līber, ingĕnuus, egrĕgius, dĕcens
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  • Eádward, Engla hláford, freólíc wealdend

    Edward, lord of the English, a noble ruler,

    • Chr. 1065
    • ;
    • Erl. 196, 25
    • ;
    • Edw. 6.
  • Se eafora wǽs Enoc háten, freólíc frumbearn

    the offspring was called Enoch, a comely first-born,

    • Cd. 59
    • ;
    • Th. 72, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 1189.
  • Freólíc fyrdsceorp

    a goodly war-vest,

    • Exon. 1043
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    • Th. 395, 25
    • ;
    • Rä. 15, 13: Cd. 55
    • ;
    • Th. 67, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 1108.
  • Freólíc wíf

    the noble woman,

    • Beo. Th. 1234
    • ;
    • B. 615.
  • Freólícu meówle

    a goodly damsel,

    • Exon. 124 b
    • ;
    • Th. 479, 2
    • ;
    • Rä. 62, l.
  • Freólécu mǽg

    a comely maiden,

    • Cd. 50
    • ;
    • Th. 64, 21
    • ;
    • Gen. 1053: 101
    • ;
    • Th. 134, 18
    • ;
    • Gen. 2226.
  • Freólícum

    lībĕro,

    • Mone B. 1341.
  • Ðǽt he brohte wíf to háme, fǽger and freólíc

    that he should bring to his home a wife, fair and goodly,

    • Cd. 83
    • ;
    • Th. 103, 22
    • ;
    • Gen. 1722.
  • Beam freólícu

    two comely children,

    • 82
    • ;
    • Th. 102, 30
    • ;
    • Gen. 1708.
  • Mid his twegen suno, freólíco frumbearn

    with his two sons, comely first-born,

    • Exon. 112b
    • ;
    • Th. 431, 31
    • ;
    • Rä. 47, 4.
  • Fǽmne freólícast

    most noble damsel,

    • 9a
    • ;
    • Th. 5, 20
    • ;
    • Cri. 72.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. frílík.
]
Derived forms
ful-freólíc
Linked entries
v.  frílíc.
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  • freólíc, adj.