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friþ-stól

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
friþ-stól, fryþ-stól, es; m.
A peace-stool or seat, peace-place, asylum, sanctuary, refuge; pācis sēdes vel lŏcus, asȳlum, refŭgium
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  • Se here com to his friþstóle [fryþstóle,

    • Th. 256, 18, col. 2
    • ;
    • 257, 18, col. l
    ]

    the army came to its secure quarters,

    • Chr. 1006
    • ;
    • Th. 256, 18, col. 1.
  • Gif forworht man friþstól geséce

    if a man who has forfeited his life seek a sanctuary,

    • L. Eth. vii. 16
    • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 16.
  • Ðú eart friþstól us, Drihten

    Dŏmĭne, refŭgiumfactus es nōbis,

    • Ps. Th. 89, l: 90, 9.
  • Me is geworden Drihten to friþstóle

    factus est mihi Dŏmĭnus in refŭgium,

    • 93, 21.
Etymology
[
Icel. friðstóll
.]
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v.  fryþ-stól.
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  • friþ-stól, n.