Frelsi
Old Norse Dictionary - frelsi
Meaning of Old Norse word "frelsi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word frelsi can mean:frelsi
- frelsi
- n. (older form frjálsi, Sks. 622 B), freedom, esp. of a bondsman set free, or generally, n. G. l. i. 32, Grág. i. 357, Fms. i. 33, 222, ix. 352, Fs. 70, 126, in the laws and Sagas passim:—metaph. freedom, leisure, Fms. x. 147, v. l., Bs. i. 518, Sks. 504; náðir ok f., rest and leisure, Háv. 57: freedom, privilege, immunity, e. g. of the church, Fms. x. 14; frelsi kirkjunnar, Bs. i. 720 and passim.
- frelsi
- COMPDS: frelsisbréf, frelsisgiöf, frelsisöl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᛚᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)