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freóls

  • adjective
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freóls, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
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of persons, not in bondage
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  • Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés,

    • Cht. Th. 628, 23.

  • Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse.

    • Ll. Th. ii. 314, 11.
of places, exempt from jurisdiction, c.
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  • Ic wille ðat ðat mynster ... beó swá freóls swá ǽnig óðer mynster is æt eallan þingan,

    • C.D. vi. 203, 27.
of a feast or festival
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  • Búton dæg freóls hit beó

    nisi dies festiua fuerit,

    • Angl. xiii. 374, 119.

  • Freóls ǽnig dæg

    festiua aliqua dies,

    • 389, 349. (Cf. dagum freóls diebus festis, 437, 1029. )

  • Freólsne dæg

    diem festum,

    • Ps. L. 75, 11.
Etymology
[
Icel. frjáls free .
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “freóls.” 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/46403.

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