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freelage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
free-lage
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A heritable property (as distinguished from a farm).

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Heritable.

Etymology

From earlier frelage, probably from Middle English *freolache, *freleche, deverbal of Middle English *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”); equivalent to free + Middle English -leche, related to English -lock. Related to Old English frēolāc (“free-will offering, oblation”). Compare knowledge.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *freolache, *freolachen, *frēolǣċan

Usage

Inflected Forms

freelages (plural) freeledge (alternative) freelege (alternative) freelidge (alternative) frelidge (alternative) more freelage (comparative) most freelage (superlative)

Questions

What does freelage mean?
Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
Where does freelage come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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