freelage

Meanings

Noun

• Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
• An heritable property as distinguished from a farm.

Adjective

• Heritable.

Origin

• From earlier frelage, probably from Middle English *freolache, *freleche, deverbal of Middle English *freolachen, *frelechen (compare Middle English freolac, freolaic, vreoleic, freolec), from Old English *frēolǣċan; equivalent to free + Middle English -leche, related to English -lock. Related to Old English frēolāc ("free-will offering, oblation"). Compare knowledge.