Freót

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freót

Add: (1) the condition of being free :-- 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. (2) a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission :-- 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. freot