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fre
ADJ
Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect
Source:
Ringe 2014
:224,
https://bosworthtoller.com/29963
originates from: PWGmc
*sūbrī
"sober, chaste, clean" (sūbrī
>
sȳβrī
>
sȳfrī
>
sȳfri
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sȳfre) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:224)
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