Middle English Dictionary Entry
frank-fẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frank-fẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Property held in fee-simple (as opposed to ancient demesne).
Associated quotations
- (1447-8) Shillingford114 : The saide boke provyth that the Bysshoppys tenementis were frank fe and cevered fro the Kyngs aunceon demene.
- (1447-8) Shillingford120 : The seyd Churche londis and tenantis buth noo franke fe, ne ceparate ne distyncte awey fro the seyd Cytee, as they have above supposid and leyd.