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to free,
to free from slavery
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  • Eádgyfu gefreóde Æþelgyfe, Wuncildes wíf, on feówer wegas on middes sumeres mæsseǽfen,

      Cht. E. 256, 3 : 255, 18, 31.

  • Florus his menn gefreóde ætforan ðám weófode,

      Hml. S. 6, 239.

  • Marh gefreóde Leðelt and ealle hire teám on his ǽgen reliquias, and hé hié hét lǽdan tó mynstere and gefreógian on Petrocys reliquias,

      Cht. Th. 626, 36.

  • Gefreód hér on túne,

      626, 25.

  • Gefreód

    manumissus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 4: ii. 59, 17.

  • Þá þe ǽhtborene synt and for þám ánum gefreóde,

      R. Ben. 138, 21.

  • Hér geswutelað on ðisse Crístes béc ðæt Ælfríc Scot and Ægelríc Scot synt gefreód for Ælfsiges abbodes sáwle tó écan freóte,

      C. D. vi. 209, 13 : 211, 2.

  • Ué nǽnigum ne gehérdon ǽfre, huu ðú cueðes, 'Gé biðon gefriód (-frióde,

      R.),' Jn. L. 8, 33.
  • (l a) figuratively :-- Gif sunu iów gefrióð (-friáð, L.), sóðlíce frió gé bióðon. Jn. R. 8, 36.
  • Gefriáil, 32.
to free from bonds, prison, captivity,
& c. , liberate, release
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  • Cwóm engel Godes and þæt fýr tósccáf, gefreóde fácnes clǽne

    (Juliana),

      Jul. 565.

  • Se cyng lǽdde fyrde intó Wealan and þǽr gefreóde fela hund manna,

      Chr. 1081; P. 214, 13.

  • Gefreóge (-frígeð, L.) hine gif hé wile

    liberet eum si vult eum.

      Mt. R. 27, 43.

  • Hwæþer cume Elias and gefreóge (cyme gefriéga) hine

    an veniat Helias liberans eum,

    49.

  • Of seáde gefreód

    de puteo liberatum,

      Lk. p. 8, 9.
  • (2 a) figuratively

    Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóð ǽlc þára þe hió tó geþiéð,

      Bt. 20; F. 72, 2.
to free from obligation, work, & c.
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  • Gefreód

    feriatus

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 55.

  • Þeówe men þá ðrig dagas beón weorces gefreóde,

      Wlfst. 181, 19 : 171, 20.
to free from tribute, penalty, & c.
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  • Suá micle má wé úre hiéremenn gefreógað (-eað,

    v. l.

    ) æfter ðám godcundan dóme, suá wé hér hiera synna wrecað suíðor,
      Past. 117, 25.

  • Se pápa Marinus gefreóde Ongelcynnes scóle be Ælfrédes béne, Chr. 885; P. 80, 5. (4 a)

    to free

    land from taxes or services :-- Eall ðæt land sý écelíce gefreód ealra þeówdóma,
      C. D. vi. 202, 18.

  • Leáfa gebohte . . . ðis land mið ðý friádðme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs,

      C. D. B. ii. 154, 18.
to free from evil, trouble, & c.
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  • Gefrig úsich from ýfle,

      Mt. L. 6, 13.

  • Gifriádo from allum yflum, Rtl. 17, 31. (5 a) to free from a person who troubles :-- From dióble gefriáð bið

    a daemonio liberatur,

      Mk. p. 4, 7.
  • Mið ðý ðú gást mid wiðerworde ðínum, sel geornlíce ꝥte ðú sé gefreód from him. Lk. L. 12, 58.
to love, embrace
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  • Gefrígode hiá

    complexans eos,

      Mk. L. 10, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-freógan.” 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/48023.

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