| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek frelsi | 1pl | vér frelsum | 1sg | ek frelsa | 1pl | vér frelsim |
| 2sg | þú frelsir | 2pl | þér frelsið | 2sg | þú frelsir | 2pl | þér frelsið |
| 3sg | hon frelsir | 3pl | þau frelsa | 3sg | hon frelsi | 3pl | þau frelsi |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek frelsta | 1pl | vér frelstum | 1sg | ek frelsta | 1pl | vér frelstim |
| 2sg | þú frelstir | 2pl | þér frelstuð | 2sg | þú frelstir | 2pl | þér frelstið |
| 3sg | hon frelsti | 3pl | þau frelstu | 3sg | hon frelsti | 3pl | þau frelsti |
| preterite infinitive | frelstu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | frelst | m. | frelstr | n. | frelst | |
| imperative | 2sg | frels | 1pl | frelsum | 2pl | frelsið | |
| middle voice: frelsask “escape; be released” | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek frelsumk | 1pl | vér frelsumk | 1sg | ek frelsumk | 1pl | vér frelsimk |
| 2sg | þú frelsisk | 2pl | þér frelsizk | 2sg | þú frelsisk | 2pl | þér frelsizk |
| 3sg | hon frelsisk | 3pl | þau frelsask | 3sg | hon frelsisk | 3pl | þau frelsisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek frelstumk | 1pl | vér frelstumk | 1sg | ek frelstumk | 1pl | vér frelstimk |
| 2sg | þú frelstisk | 2pl | þér frelstuzk | 2sg | þú frelstisk | 2pl | þér frelstizk |
| 3sg | hon frelstisk | 3pl | þau frelstusk | 3sg | hon frelstisk | 3pl | þau frelstisk |
| past participle | n. | frelszk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | frelssk | 1pl | frelsumk | 2pl | frelsizk | |
Derived from the adjective PG *frijahalsaz, ON frjáls, OE frēols “free,” itself a contraction of the elements *frijaz “free” and *halsaz “neck.” Also occurs as class 2 weak (frelsaði, frelsaðr), with an earlier form frjálsa (frjálsaði, frjálsaðr).
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