freolic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • frīlīċ

Etymology

From frēo + -līċ. Cognate with Old Saxon frīlīk, Old High German frīlīh.

Adjective

frēolīċ

  1. free, freeborn, noble, ingenuous, comely, goodly.

Declension

Derived terms

  • fulfrēolīċ
  • ġefrēolīċ

Descendants

  • Middle English: freelich, frely

References

  • freólíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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