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FREÓLS

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.
Wright's OE grammar
§325;
freedom, immunity, privilege; lībertas, immūnĭtas, privĭlēgium
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  • Ic ðisne freóls on Róme gefæstnode

    I confirmed this freedom at Rome,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 856
    • ;
    • 116, 5.
  • Gif man his mæn an wiofode freóls gefe, se síe folcfrý

    if any one give freedom to his man at the altar, let him be folk-free,

    • L. Win. 8
    • ;
    • Th. i. 38, 15: Cod. Dipl. 925
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 263, 27.
  • Ic forgyfe ðisne freóls to ðære hálgan stówe æt Scireburnan

    I give this immunity to the holy place at Sherborne,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 864
    • ;
    • 125, 5.
  • Se arcebisceop spæc to me ymbe Christes circean freóls; ðá lýfde ic him ðæt he móste niwan freóls settan; ðá cwæþ he ðæt he freólsas genóge hæfde; ðá nam ic ða freólsas

    the archbishop spoke to me about the privilege of Christ's church; then I allowed him to institute a new privilege; then he said that he had privileges enough; then I took the privileges,

    • Cod. Dipl. 731
    • ;
    • A. D. 1013-1020
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 9, 32, 35
    • ;
    • 10, l, 3.
a time of freedom, a holy day, feast, festival, the celebration of a festival; festum, festi celebratio
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  • Ðæt man sceal fæstan ǽlce Frigedæg, bútan hit freóls

    that a man shall fast every Friday, unless it be a festival,

    • L. Eth. v. 17
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 23: L. C. E. 16
    • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 26.
  • To ðam eáster-lícan freólse

    to the paschal feast.

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 42
    • ;
    • L. Eth. v. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 14, 16, 17: L. C. E. 16
    • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 25.
  • Gif mæsse-preóst folc miswyssige æt freólse and æt fæstene

    if a mass-priest misdirect the people about a festival and about a fast,

    • L. E. G. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 168, 8.
  • On Sunnan dæges freólse

    on the festival of Sunday,

    • L. E. G. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 172, 14.
  • Be mæsse-daga freólse

    of the celebration of mass-days,

    • L. Alf. pol. 43
    • ;
    • Th. i. 92, 1.
  • Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne

    let a man diligently keep the festival of Sunday,

    • L. Eth. v. 13
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 10: vi. 22
    • ;
    • Th. i. 320, 11.
  • Freólsa and fæstena healde man rihtlíce

    let a man rightly keep festivals and fasts,

    • L. Eth. v. 12
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 8: v. 15
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 18: vi. 22
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    • Th. i. 320, 10: L. C. E. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 10.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. frihals, frihelse freedom
:
O. H. Ger. frihalsi libertas
:
Goth. frei-hals, m.
:
Icel. frelsi, f. freedom.
]
Derived forms
gál-freólsas, heáh-freóls, sunder-
Linked entries
v.  friólsend heals.
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  • FREÓLS, n.