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freelage

freelage

English

Alternative forms

Noun

freelage ‎(plural freelages)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
  2. (Britain dialectal) An heritable property as distinguished from a farm.

Adjective

freelage ‎(comparative more freelage, superlative most freelage)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Heritable.

Etymology

From earlier frelage, probably from Middle English *freolache, *freleche, deverbal of *freolachen, *frelechen ‎(“to be liberal, be generous”) (compare Middle English freolac, freolaic, vreoleic, freolec ‎(“liberality, generosity”)), from Old English *frēolǣċan ‎(“to give freely, offer generously”), related to Old English frēolāc ‎(“free-will offering, oblation”), equivalent to free +‎ -lock. Compare knowledge.

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