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friþ-splott

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Substitute: A place which is a sanctuary on account of the sacred character superstitiously attributed to it, an asylum
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  • Wé lǽrað ꝥ preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwǽsce, and forbeóde. . . þá gemearr þe man drífð on mislicum gewíglungum and on friðsplottum and on ellenum . . . and on stánum,

      Ll. Th. ii. 248, 1-6.
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[Cf. Þórólfr hafði mikinn átrúnað á fjalli því . . . er hann kallaði Helgafell . . . ok svá var þar mikil friðhelgi, at þar skyldi engu granda, hvarki fé ne mönnum, Landnáma.]
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v. friþ-geard ; ge-friþian ;
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v.  friþ-geard.
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