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free, not in subjection to a master, having liberty of action
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  • Ægylmǽr bohte Sǽðrýðe æt Sǽwolde abbude ... and ofer his dæg and his wífes dæg beó se man freóh,

      C.D. vi. 210, 17.

  • Þeówie hé six gér and beó him freóh on þám seofoðan,

      Ex. 21, 2.

  • Gif fríg man fréum stelð,

      Ll. Th. i. 6, 2.

  • Mægðbót sí swá fríges mannes,

      20, 9.

  • Eall sió gioguð ðe nú is on Angelcynne frióra monna,

      Past. 7, 10.

  • Eallum frióum monnum þás dagas sién forgifene, Ll. Th. i. 92, 2. (1 a) free as regards (wiþ) another :-- Ðǽm ðeówan is tó cýðonne ðæt hé wiete ðæt hé nis freóh wið his hláford, Past. 200, 19. (1 b)

    not in subjection

    to sin :-- Gif sunu iów gefrióð sóðlíce frió (freó,
      L.) gé bióðon, Jn. R. 8, 36.

  • Hé ús freó gedyde,

      Bl. H. 83, 31.
of studies,
liberal
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  • Wæs hé on gelǽrednesse gewrita ge freóra (

    liberalium

    ) ge cyriclicra tó wundrienne,
      Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 651, 14.
at liberty, not in confinement or
custody
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  • Álýs ðú hine fram deóflum gehæftne, and lǽt hine gán frígne,

      Hml. Th. ii. 416, 28.

  • Hé hét hí unbindan ... ꝥ hí frige móston faran swá hwider swá hí woldon,

      Hml. S. 23, 191.
free from obligation or restraint upon action (
with gen.)
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  • Ðá ðe beóð mid synscipe gebundene ..., ðá ðe beóð frió ðára benda,

      Past. 177, 21.

  • Freó,

      393, 21.

  • Ic wolde beón þí freóra Gode tó þáwianne,

      Solil. H. 36, 11.
free from work,
disengaged
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  • Hié wilniað ðæt hié beón freó and ǽmetige ... and noldon beón ábisgode on eorðlicum ðingum,

      Pasf. 135, 25.
  • Bydele gebyrað ꝥ hé for his wycan sý weorces frígra ðonne óðer man. Ll. Th. i. 440, 6.

  • Swá swá ðú freóra byst þissa weorlde ðinga, swá ðú sweotolor ongytst be ðám wísdóme,

      Solil. H. 46, 13.
free from guilt,
innocent
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  • Tó hwon lǽddest þú þeosne freóne and unscyldigne hider?. Bl. H. 87, 1.
of action, movement, &c.,
unimpeded, unhindered
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  • Mid freóre and unforwandodlicre stefne,

      Past. 89, 23.
acting of one's own will, unforced
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  • Simle hé (

    God

    ) bið freóh, ne biþ hé tó nánum weorce genéded,
      Bt. 42; F. 258, 10.
  • Godmoncynne forgeaf ðæt hié móston stondan on frióum anwalde. Past. 405, 28.

  • Fríum cyre

    libero arbitrio.

      An. Ox. 1287.
free from trouble, &c.,
exempt, immune
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  • Hé wæs freó (freóh,

    v.l.

    ) fram þǽre uncyste deófles costunge.
      Gr. D. 102, 6.

  • Hí gehrínð hér sumu wracu ðæt hí ne sién freó ne orsorge, Past. 429, 18. (10)

    free, not liable

    to a tax, &c. :-- Cyningas nimað gafol of fremedum ... Þá bearn synt fríge (freó,
      L.R.), Mt. 17, 26. (10 a) of land :-- Sí
    hyt ǽlces þinges freóh búton ferdfóre ..., C.D. iii. 20, 4.

  • Ǽghwæs tó brúcenne tó freón ... bútan ðǽm circsceatte,

      254, 12.

  • Hió hit hæbben tó frión ǽlces þinges bútan wealgeworce ...,

      255, 17: 256, 16: Cht. E. 242, 16. (10 b) of property, at one's own disposal,
Similar entries
v. freó-sceatt. v. folc-, gafol-, healf-, scot-, toll-freó.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “freó.” 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/46387.

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