Fri

Old Danish Dictionary - fri

Meaning of Old Danish word "Fri", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Fri can mean:

go.
1) fri, fjærne; hand kaste y, ieg kaste aff, ieg fride det beste, ieg kunde. Grundtv., Folkev. II. 882. —
2) give til fri rådighed el. besid- delse; tilbiudær jæk mik afh fry ok frælsæ Uth Ebbesøn then fornefinde mark foræ hwar mands tiltalen til ewindælighæ eye. Ann. f. nord, Old- kh. 1846. 822; bynder jac mic til atfrij oc hemblæ alt thettæ forseriffnæ,d oc gotz, myn nadighæ frwæ drot- ving Margretæ. Molb. o. Peters. 8; frighæ. sst. 185; (1452). D. Mag. IV; 7; bepligter jegh megh att fry, hiemble och fuldkommelligenn tilstaa Erick Lannge forskrefine gaardt (1569). sst. IV. 23; eptherthi hand icke kand fry hannom same trei gaarde (1552). ' Rosenv., Gl. D. L 198. Smlgn, Sch. u. L.: vrien og befri ovf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.