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Old English · verb

freogan

Normalised frēoġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈfre͜oː.jɑn/
Syllables
ˈfre͜oː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
liberatefree

Meaning

  1. to free, to liberate

    Deuteronomy:

  2. to like, to love, to honour

    Beowulf:

Conjugation

Conjugation of freogan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular frēofrēode
2nd singular frēostfrēodest
3rd singular frēoþfrēode
Plural frēoġaþfrēodon
Subjunctive
Singular frēoġefrēode
Plural frēoġenfrēoden
Non-finite forms of freogan
Form
Infinitive frēoġan
Inflected infinitive frēoġenne
Imperative singular frēo
Imperative plural frēoġaþ
Present participle frēoġende
Past participle frēodġefrēod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.

Descendants

free

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