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freólíce

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without constraint or
reluctance, willingly
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  • Þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame,

      Angl. vii. 40, 451: Cri. 1291.

  • Heó þæt ǽrende onféng freólíce,

      Hy. 10, 15.
without restraint or
reserve in regard to speech
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  • Ðá unwaran láreówas ne durron ryht freólíce lǽran and unforwandodlíce sprecan,

      Past. 89, 12.

  • Suá micle freólícor hé tǽlð óðre menn suá hé lǽs ongitt his ágene uncysta,

      273, 1.
without restriction upon action, without let or
hindrance
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  • Hé cwæð þæt hé móste freólíce ðá heofonlican láre his leóde bodian (

    licentiam praedicandi non abstulit,

      Bd. 1, 25), Hml. Th. ii. 128, 28.
with impunity
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  • On mægenfæstum eardum man mæg fæstan freólícor ðonne hér,

      Hml. S. 13, 109.
with freedom from control, rule, &c.
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  • Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot,

      Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18.
nobly, splendidly
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  • Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf.

    Laym.

    freoliche iwapned) kyningc,
      Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “freólíce.” 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/46401.

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