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the condition of being free
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  • Ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, oðþe hé mid his feó gebohte,

      Cht. Crw. 23, 28.

  • Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes,

      Ll. Th. i. 104, 6.

  • Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring,

      C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32.
a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine),
manumission
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  • Æilsig þe þá menn bohte hig freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés ... Gif hwá þás freót ábrece, hebbe him wið Críste geméne,

      Cht. Th. 627, 29.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “freót.” 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/46437.

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