Freó-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Freó-man

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: frí-man, frig-man, -mann, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 freó-man

m. A freeman, free-born man; lībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmo, vir ingĕnuus :-- Ðæt ǽlc freóman getreówne borh hæbbe that every freeman have a true surety, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 7: L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 19. Hwæt gifest ðú me freómanna to frófre what givest thou me for men's comfort? Cd. 99; Th. 131, 12; Gen. 2175. freo-man

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚩ-ᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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