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单词 freelage
释义

freelagen.

Brit. /ˈfriːlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfrilɪdʒ/, Scottish English /ˈfrilɪdʒ/
Forms:

α. early Middle English freolac, early Middle English freolaic, early Middle English freolec, early Middle English ureoleic.

β. northern 1500s freelidge, 1500s frelige, 1600s freledge; English regional (northern) 1600s– freelege, 1700s 1900s– freeledge, 1700s– freelage, 1700s– freelidge, 1800s– frelidge; also Scottish pre-1700 frelag, pre-1700 frelage, pre-1700 frelege, 1800s freelage, 1800s freelidge.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: free adj., -laik suffix.
Etymology: Originally probably < free adj. + -laik suffix. The β. forms may show a continuation of the same word, surviving only in northern varieties and Scots (lack of attestation of a northern and Scots word before the 16th cent. is not unlikely), or they may show a new formation. If they do show a continuation of the earlier word, the ending has probably been remodelled after knowledge n. and perhaps also words ultimately of Latin or Romance origin, such as privilege n., sacrilege n.1, etc.; in the form freelage perhaps influenced by -age suffix.In the early Middle English form freolac at α. forms after -lock suffix; compare (in different sense) Old English frēolāc oblation, offering bestowed freely or voluntarily (one isolated attestation; probably < free adj. + lake n.1 (compare discussion at -lock suffix)):OE Lambeth Psalter l. 21 Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae oblationes et holocausta tunc imponent super altare tuum uitulos : þonne þu onfehst onsægdnesse rihtwisnesse freolaca & offrunga þonne ofer wigbede þinum cealfru.
Now rare (Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use) and historical.
1. = freedom n. (in various senses); esp. (in later use) the freedom of a borough (see freedom n. 14b).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun]
freedomeOE
freeshipa1225
freelagec1225
franchisec1300
libertyc1405
largesse1487
society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > privilege or exceptional right
privilegeeOE
freedomeOE
freelagec1225
liberty1404
freedomship1583
franchisement1781
α.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 866 (MED) Ha..bisohte..þet he for his freolec firstede [perh. read fristede; c1225 Royal freolec friðede, a1250 Titus freolaic firstede] hire.
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 61 Nis þis þeowdom inoh, Aȝein þet ilke freolec [a1250 Titus freolaic] þet ha hefde.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 212 Ancre of oðer freolec [corrected to freoleic by later scribe] haueð ibeon oðerhwiles to freo of hire seoluen.
β. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. iii. 47 Quhat god hess to hym grantyt sik frelage [L. potestas]?1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 359 In strang presoun, but ransoun or frelag, This nobill man..[he] maid to die.a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) xvii. (heading) Off Nynus king and frelage That he gert do till ane ymage.c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 36 A frelige graunted by God and Sancte Cuthbert for every such offender to flie unto for succour.1617 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 245 Grace my wife..and her maid shall have their dyet..as they used to have when I was living, and the freledge of the gardens.1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 19 Freelege (Sheffield), Privilege. Immunitas.1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. 488 A yearly rent..paid..for freeledge of common upon East Grain and Middle Grain in Langdale fells.1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. Index 23/1 Rogers, Oswald, presented with freelage, ii, 491.1887 Notes & Queries 23 July 73/2 Up to the year 1854 the admission to the freelege of this borough was, among other things, by ‘going through the well’.1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Freelege, frelidge, the privilege of acquiring the freedom of the town. ‘He took up his freelege from his father.’ ‘He served his freelege as a joiner.’1909 Notes & Queries 8 May 373/1 The ‘freelage’ of a town which returned two members to Parliament, at a time when none but free burgesses could vote and polls lasted several days, was of some value.
2. Scottish. A heritable property. (In quot. 1808 attributive.) Obsolete.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in freehold > held in fee-simple
freelage1808
1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 63 Altho' he [sc. Adam] had a freelage grant O' mony a tree, herb, flower, an' plant, Yet still his breast confess'd a want.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Freelage, an heritable property, as distinguished from a farm, Roxb[urghshire].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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