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Old English Dictionary Entry

Freót

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Definitions

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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
Similar Words

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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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