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'
542
primogeniture (c.1300)