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lawkinshipprimogeniture, the firstborn child’s right to inheritance and succession:
(
c.1300; MS: s.xivm
)
Lors dist Jacob: 'Vols tu jurer De l'heritage feffer saunz chalenger, Aprés la mort tis pere, de terre pleyn pee?' Pur un poy de manger dunt luy ad ju[ré], Qe luy pout valer il ne prist cure Quant mort ert sun pere, la primogeniture'
Genèse 542
primogeniture (c.1300)