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free (a.1399)

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  free adj., n. and adv.; MED:  fre adj.; DMLBS: ]
fré  
M.E.

a.

1free, privileged, independent
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le roy fist arrayer les comunes en deux raunges et fist crier devaunt eux q’il vodroit confermer et graunter a eux d’estre free  145.4
free de
1free, exempt from
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  ils ne vodroient aler avaunt q’ils avoient [...] chartres d’estre free de toutz maners de servage  143.21
franc#1 
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