freoh
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“like, love”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian frī (West Frisian frij), Old Saxon frī, Old Dutch frī (Dutch vrij), Old High German frī (German frei), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian 'Prenda' goddess of love, Perëndi (“God”), Proto-Slavic *prijateljь, Old Irish ríar (Welsh rhydd (“free”)), and perhaps Ancient Greek πρᾶος (prâos, “mild, gentle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /freːo̯x/
Adjective
frēoh
- (Late West Saxon) free, at liberty; exempt
- c. 890, Alfred the Great, Laws
- Beo he freo
- he shall be free.
- Beo he freo
- c. 890, Alfred the Great, Laws
- (Late West Saxon) (poetic) noble, glad
- c. 700 Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
- Ða wearþ worn afeded freora bearna
- then a number of noble children were brought forth.
- Ða wearþ worn afeded freora bearna
- c. 700 Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | frēwa | frēwe | frēwe | frēwan | nom. | frēoh | frēoh | frēu | frēwe | frēu, -frēwe | frēwa, -e | ||
| accusative | frēwan | frēwe | frēwan | acc. | frēone | frēoh | frēwe | frēwe | frēu, -frēwe | frēwa, -frēwe | |||
| genitive | frēwan | frēora, frēwena | gen. | frēwes | frēwes | frēore | frēora | ||||||
| dative | frēwan | frēwum | dat. | frēwum | frēwum | frēore | frēwum | ||||||
| instrumental | frēwe | ||||||||||||
See also
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