Freó-bearn

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - freó-bearn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

freó-bearn
Add: (1) of human beings :-- Hié (the descendants of Abraham) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. (2) of Christ :-- Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder oððe Freóbearn, Hy. 10, 43. Áhangen wæs cyninges freóbearn, Godes gástsunu, El. 672. Hú þé (Christ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223. Cf. freó-dohtor. freo-bearn
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