frelsi
nafnorðhvorugkyn
n. (older form frjálsi, Sks. 622 B), freedom, esp. of a bondsman set free, or generally, N. G. L. i. 32, Grág. i. 357, Fms. i. 33, 222, ix. 352, Fs. 70, 126, in the laws and Sagas passim:—metaph. freedom, leisure, Fms. x. 147, v. l., Bs. i. 518, Sks. 504; náðir ok f., rest and leisure, Háv. 57: freedom, privilege, immunity, e. g. of the church, Fms. x. 14; frelsi kirkjunnar, Bs. i. 720 and passim.
COMPDS: frelsisbréf, frelsisgiöf, frelsisöl.