"freogan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈfre͜oː.jɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*frijōn}} Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*frijōną}} Proto-Germanic *frijōną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*preyH-}} Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Head templates: {{ang-verb|frēoġan}} frēoġan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|frēoġan<w2/1sg_pres_indc:frēo>}} Forms: frēoġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], frēoġan [infinitive], frēoġenne [infinitive], frēo [first-person, present, singular], frēode [first-person, past, singular], frēost [present, second-person, singular], frēodest [past, second-person, singular], frēoþ [present, singular, third-person], frēode [past, singular, third-person], frēoġaþ [plural, present], frēodon [past, plural], frēoġe [present, singular], frēode [past, singular], frēoġen [plural, present], frēoden [past, plural], frēo [imperative, past, present, singular], frēoġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], frēoġende [imperative, present], frēod [imperative, past], ġefrēod [imperative, past], frēoġean [alternative], frēon [alternative], frīan [alternative], frēwan [alternative], frīġan [alternative, Anglian], frīoġan [alternative, Anglian]
  1. to free, to liberate
    Sense id: en-freogan-ang-verb-IfDsQqKK Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. to like, to love, to honour
    Sense id: en-freogan-ang-verb-q-j8ktQ2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: befrēoġan, ġefrēoġan Related terms: frēond, friþ, frīġ, frēo, frēod

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "befrēoġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġefrēoġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "free"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "fre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frey"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "free"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frijōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frijōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frijōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frijōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preyH-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *preyH-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēoġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēost",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrēod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēwan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīoġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglian"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēoġan"
      },
      "expansion": "frēoġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēoġan<w2/1sg_pres_indc:frēo>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frēond"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "friþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frīġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frēo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frēod"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Deuteronomy:"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Free him in the seventh year.",
          "text": "Freo hine on ðam seofoðan geare.",
          "translation": "Free him in the seventh year.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to free, to liberate"
      ],
      "id": "en-freogan-ang-verb-IfDsQqKK",
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "liberate",
          "liberate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Beowulf:"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will love you as a son.",
          "text": "Ic ðec for sunu wylle freogan.",
          "translation": "I will love you as a son.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to like, to love, to honour"
      ],
      "id": "en-freogan-ang-verb-q-j8ktQ2",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre͜oː.jɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freogan"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "befrēoġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġefrēoġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "free"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "fre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "frey"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "free"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "freen"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frijōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frijōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frijōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *preyH-",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frēoġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēost",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefrēod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēoġean",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēwan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frīoġan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglian"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēoġan"
      },
      "expansion": "frēoġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēoġan<w2/1sg_pres_indc:frēo>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "frēond"
    },
    {
      "word": "friþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "frīġ"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēo"
    },
    {
      "word": "frēod"
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Deuteronomy:"
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Free him in the seventh year.",
          "text": "Freo hine on ðam seofoðan geare.",
          "translation": "Free him in the seventh year.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to free, to liberate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "liberate",
          "liberate"
        ]
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        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Beowulf:"
        },
        {
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              22,
              29
            ]
          ],
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            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will love you as a son.",
          "text": "Ic ðec for sunu wylle freogan.",
          "translation": "I will love you as a son.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to like, to love, to honour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre͜oː.jɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freogan"
}

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