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libre2 (1347)

libre2 (1347)

libere  
  FEW:  liber 5,298a Gdf: GdfC:  libre 10,78b TL: livre 1 5,530 DEAF: DMF:  libre 1  TLF:  libre  OED:  libre adj.  MED: DMLBS:  liber 1 1595c

a.

free
( 1347 )  prie la commune: qe come l'estaple de leynes, [...], soleit estre franche et libre qe touz maneres des marchaundz purroient marchandises appurtenantes al dit estaple franchement achatre  Rot Parl1 ii 165
( 1392; MS: s.xv1 )  nous es dites lettres certifiant que sa libere voluntee et de libere prepous fuz et estoit esté de faire le doun et nome de le duché de Guyenne a vostre noble seignurie  Lett & Pet 217.11-12
( 1399 )  qe les seignours espirituelx et temporelx, [...], ne soient resceux en temps advenir pur lour excuser, a dire, q'ils n'oseront faire ne dire la ley, ne lour entent, pur doute de mort; ou q'ils ne sont libres de eux mesmes  Rot Parl1 iii 433

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See also:

liberal  liberté  liverer1 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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