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friþ-burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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friþ-burh, freoðo-burh; gen. -burge; dat. -byrig; f.
A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties; pācis urbs
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  • Ðéh hit [the ship] gedriuen beó and hit ætfleó to hwilcre friþbyrig and ða menn útætberstan into ðære byrig ðonne habban ða men friþ

    though it be driven and it escape to any town with which ' friþ' has been made, and the men get away into the town, then let the men have protection,

    • L. Eth. ii. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 286, 1. v. Schmid. 204, note.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “friþ-burh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12431.

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