† under-feen.

Forms: 1500s vnder-fee.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: under- prefix¹, fee n.²

Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + fee n.², after Middle French arriere-fief (late 13th cent. in Old French; French (now historical) arrière-fief ). Compare subfeu n.

Obsolete.

(under- prefix¹ 3a(b) + fee n.²)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief

under-fee1594

arrière fee1615

subfeu1681

arrière-fief1716

subinfeudation1725

sub-fief1729

rere-fief1761

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 56 Wherehence are come the termes of fees and vnderfees [Fr. arriere fiefs], of vassals and vndervassals.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course xi. f. 117^v The Nobilitie of the countrie are bound to go to the warre, by the fees, and vnderfees [Fr. arrierefiefs] which they possesse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	under-fee
释义	† under-feen. Forms: 1500s vnder-fee. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: under- prefix¹, fee n.² Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + fee n.², after Middle French arriere-fief (late 13th cent. in Old French; French (now historical) arrière-fief ). Compare subfeu n. Obsolete. (under- prefix¹ 3a(b) + fee n.²) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief under-fee1594 arrière fee1615 subfeu1681 arrière-fief1716 subinfeudation1725 sub-fief1729 rere-fief1761 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 56 Wherehence are come the termes of fees and vnderfees [Fr. arriere fiefs], of vassals and vndervassals. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course xi. f. 117^v The Nobilitie of the countrie are bound to go to the warre, by the fees, and vnderfees [Fr. arrierefiefs] which they possesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1594
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