About Us

Our Purpose
Statement of purpose, from our bylaws.

Freehold Structure
Witan? Drightens? Shires? What does it all mean?

Current Witan
As elected at Freehold Althing.

Bylaws of the Society
Browse Freehold Law online, or download the PDF.

The Ring of Freeholders

The Ring of Freeholders is the collective of members-in-good-standing who have sworn that they hold true to the Germanic Gods and that they will abide by Freehold bylaws in regards to Freehold functions and events, as per the Freeholder's Oath

The Ring of Witan

The Ring of Witan is the collective of members who have been elected by a shire, a gild, or as trustees, and have sworn the Witan's Oath.

For a list of current witan, see Current Witan.

The witan elects the freya or freyr, who is the sacral leader of the Freehold and chair of the witan.

The trustees are the directors of the society whose names are on the incorporation papers.

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