FRIÐIAN
- verb [ weak ]
 
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Ðæt man eall friðige, ðæt se cyng friðian wille
that one shall keep; the peace towards all that the king will,
- L. Ath. i. 20 ;
 - Th. i. 210, 2.
 
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Ǽlc ðæra landa, ðe ǽnigne friðige ðæra ðe Ængla land hergie
each of those lands which may keep the peace towards, afford protection to, any of those who ravage England,
- L. Eth. ii. 1 ;
 - Th. i. 284, 17.
 
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Man scolde friðian wiþ þonne here
peace should be made with the army,
- Chr. 1004: Erl. 138, 22.
 
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Ðæt hie eall ðæt friðian woldon ðæt se cyng friðian wolde
that they would protect all that the king would protect,
- Chr. 921 ;
 - Erl. 108, 10, 11.
 
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Angunnon hergian ða ðe hý friðian sceoldan
they began to pillage those whom they ought to have protected,
- Ors. 4, 1 ;
 - Bos. 79, 1.
 
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Ne fúl náwar friðian ne feormian
that they shall not protect nor harbour a guilty one anywhere,
- L. Ed. 7 ;
 - Th. i. 162, 26.
 
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Ðæt hí Godes þeówas friðian and griðian
that they shall protect and defend God's servants,
- L. E. B. 1 ;
 - Th. ii. 240, 6.
 
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Hit friðaþ and fyrðraþ
it shelters and furthers,
- Bt. 34, 10 ;
 - Fox 148, 29.
 
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Ðæt ic friðian sceal
that I shall protect them,
- Exon. 105 a ;
 - Th. 398, 14 ;
 - Rä. 17, 7.
 
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Ealle Godes gerihta friðige man georne
one shall diligently keep all God's laws,
- L. C. E. 14 ;
 - Th. i. 368, 9, note 8.
 
 
Bosworth, Joseph. “FRIÐIAN.” 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/12444.
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