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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *frijahalsaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_frijahalsaz_2</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_frijahalsaz_2" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frijahalsaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>frijahalsaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɸri.jɑ.ˌxɑl.sɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚠᚱᛁᛃᚨᚺᚨᛚᛊᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>free, at liberty, unconstrained</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *frijaz (‘free’) + *halsaz (‘neck’), thus "having a free (unhampered by a yoke, chain, etc.) neck" &gt; "being free, freedom".</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>frijahalsaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>frijahalsammiz</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*frijahals</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>frēols</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>freols</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>frjáls</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>frælsur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>frjáls</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>fræls</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>frels</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>fræls</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>frjáls</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>frjálsi, frelsi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>frelse</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Faroese</lang>
                      <orth>frælsi</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                      <orth>frjálsi, frelsi</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                      <orth>frelse</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>frjáls</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>frjálsi, frelsi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>frälse</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Finnish</lang>
                        <orth>rälssi</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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