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frig

  • adjective
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frig, def. se frigea; adj.
Free, noble; līber, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis
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  • Nelle ic gán út ne beón frig

    non egrĕdiar līber,

    • Ex. 21, 5.

  • Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge, þeówne oððe frigne

    if any one sell his own countryman, bond or free,

    • L. In. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 110, 4: L. Win. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 40, 9: L. C. S. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 388, 3.

  • Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft

    if God had not any free creature in all his kingdom,

    • Bt. 41, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 244, 29.

  • Gé beóþ frige

    lībĕri ĕrĭtis,

    • Jn. Bos. 8, 33, 36: Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 557, 46.

  • Gif se frigea ðý dæge wyrce

    if a freeman work on that day,

    • L. In. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 104, 5: 74
      • ;
    • Th. i. 150, 1.

  • Eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ

    sīcut omnis līber făcĕre dēbet,

    • L. R. S. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 432, 23: L. In. 74
      • ;
    • Th. i. 150, 3.
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v. freó.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “frig.” 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/12391.

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