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freedom from spiritual bondage, v. freó, (1 b)
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  • Ðǽr se Dryhtnes gást is, ðǽr is freódoom,

      Past. 265, 1.

  • Se freódóm þæs unáræfnedlican þeówdómes, ꝥ is ðæs deófollican onwaldes,

      Bl. H. 137, 12.

  • Wilnigende mid þissum þeówdóme cuman tó écum freódóme,

      Angl. viii. 320, 9.

  • Friódóm gifylga,

      Rtl. 31, 9.
freedom from obligation, release from restraint, v. freó,
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  • Selle hir bóc freódómes

    det illi libellum repudii.

      Mt. L. 5, 31: 19, 7.

  • Ðæt ðæt mód suá bald sié for his freódóme ðæt hit ne gewende on selflíce, ðonne his hláford him tó ungemetlicne anwald forgiefð his sprǽce,

      Past. 147, 2.
freedom of activity, absence of restraint, or hindrance, v. freó,
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  • Hé mid freódóme (

    deliberatione

    ) geþances yfel déþ,
      Scint. 229, 11.
freedom to do,
liberty of action
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  • On þyssum lífe for án hreówsunge geopenað freóhdóm

    in hoc vita tantum penitentie patet libertas,

      Scint. 48, 15.
freedom in expenditure,
liberality
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  • Freódóme oððe cystignesse

    liberalitate

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 21.

  • Ðonne hié hit eall ryhtlíce gedǽled hæbben, ðonne ne teón hié nánwuht ðæs lofes tó him ... ne him selfum ne tellen tó mægene hiora freódóm (frió-,

    v.l.) ne sibi virtutem suae liberalitatis deputent,

      Past. 323, 3.
freedom, frankness
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  • Sié in ðǽr hygdigo friódóm

    sit in ea casta libertas,

      Rtl. 105, 3.
freedom from trouble, &c. v. freó,
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  • þú ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám. Hy. 5, 10.
freedom from a tax, &c. v. freó, (10)
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  • Mín ærfelond ðe ic et Aeðeluulfe cyninge begæt and gebohte mid fullum friódóme on ǽce ærfe,

      C.D. i. 316, 5.

  • Hé gebohte æt Æðere ... ðis gewrit and ðis land mið ðý friádóme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs tó Crístes cyrican on éc erfe,

      C.D.B. ii. 154, 17.

  • Heó æt him gebohte his dǽl ðæs eardes tó freódóme intó ðám mynstre she bought of him his share of the district and enfranchised it, and granted it to the monastery, Lch. iii. 432, 4. (8 a)

    the charter granting freehold land

    :-- Ðes friódóm waes bigeten aet Wígláfe cyninge (cf. hoc munus et hanc libertatem scripsi et. scribere precipi,
      314, 32)
    mid ðaem twéntigum hída aet iddeshale, end ðaes londes friódóm aet habeccahám mid ðý tén hída londes aet felda ... Ðis is heánbirige friódóm, C.D. i. 315, 21-29.

  • Hió him tó spraecon ymb ðæt lond, ðæt hé his him geúðe, ðæt hió maehten ðone freódóm begeotan,

      222, 28.
  • Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ... Ic fæstlíce bebeóde ðæt hine nǽnig mínra æfterfyligendra eft ne onwende, vi. 203, 2.
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v. sundor-freódóm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “freó-dóm.” 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/46393.

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