Freót

Old English Dictionary Entry

Freót

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: freód, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 freót

m. Freedom, liberty, an enfranchisement, a setting a man free; lībertas, mănūmissio :-- Þolie his freótes let him forfeit his freedom, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 17. We scylon todǽlan freót and þeówet we ought to distinguish between freedom and slavery, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 9: L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 10. freot

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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