Ge-freólsian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-freólsian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-freólsian
Add: I. to free. (1) to free from obligation, labour, & c. :-- Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. (2) to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate :-- Gefreólsod consecratur, An. Ox. 1493. (3) to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) :-- Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. II. to celebrate a festival :-- Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml. Th. i. 354, ge-freolsian

Related words: l.

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