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FREÓGAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
FREÓGAN, freón; ic freó, he freóþ, pl. freógaþ, freóþ; p. freóde, pl. freódon; impert. freó; subj. pres. freóge; pp. freód [freó free] .
Wright's OE grammar
§270; §537;
to free, make free; manumittĕre, lībĕrāre
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  • Man sceal freógan aelig-acute;lcne þeówan

    one shall free every slave;

    revertētur hŏmo ad possessiōnem suam.

    • Lev. 25, 10.

  • Ic hit freó

    I free it.

    • Chr. 963
      • ;
    • Erl. 122, 2.

  • He freóde ðæt mynster [MS. mynstre]

    he freed the monastery,

    • 777
      • ;
    • Erl. 55, 22.

  • Hí hit freódon

    they freed it,

    • 963
      • ;
    • Erl. 121, 30.

  • Freó hine on ðam. seofoðan geáre

    free him in the seventh year;

    in septĭmo anno dimittes eum libĕrum,

    • Deut. 15, 12.

  • Ðonne ðú hine freóge

    when thou freest him;

    quem lībertāte donāvĕris,

    • 15, 13.

  • Ðæt he scolde freón his mynster [MS. mynstre]

    that he would free his monastery.

    • Chr. 777
      • ;
    • Erl. 55, 18.
to honour, like, love; honōrāre, dilĭgĕre, ămāre
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  • Ic ðec for sunu wylle freógan

    I will love thee as a son,

    • Beo. Th. 1900
      • ;
    • B. 948.

  • Naelig-acute;nig ó ðerne freóþ swá him God bebeád

    no one loves another as God commanded him,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 70
      • ;
    • Leás. 37.

  • Ðú ðín ágen móst mennen ateón swá ðín mód freóþ

    thou mayest treat thine own servant as thy mind liketh.

    • Cd. 103
      • ;
    • Th. 136, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2258.

  • Ða gecorenan freógaþ folces Weard

    the chosen shall love the Lord of mankind,

    • Exon. 32a
      • ;
    • Th. 100, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 1648: 1143
      • ;
    • Th. 436, 36
      • ;
    • Rä. 55, 12.

  • Freóþ hý fremde monnan

    strange men love them,

    • 90b
      • ;
    • Th. 339, 32
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 103.

  • Fæder and módor freó ðú

    love thou father and mother,

    • 80a
      • ;
    • Th. 300, 21
      • ;
    • Fä. 9.

  • Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten freóge

    it is fitting that a man love his dear lord,

    • Beo. Th. 6334
      • ;
    • B. 3177.
Etymology
[
Laym. freoien, freoiȝen, ureoiȝen to set free
:
Plat. frijen to free, woo
:
O.Sax. friohan to love
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O.Frs. friaia, fraia, fria to free
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Dut. vrijen to woo
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Ger. freien to woo; be-freien to free
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M.H.Ger. vríen, vrígen to free
:
Goth. friyon, frion to love
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Dan. frie to woo, deliver
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Swed. fria to free, save, court
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Icel. frja to pet.
]
Derived forms
be-freón, ge-freógan, -freón
Linked entries
v.  ge-freógan freón freónd fría.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/12286.

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