unfree
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unfree
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From Middle English unfre, from Old English [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *unfrī; cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī, Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). By surface analysis, un- + free.
adjective more unfree · unfreer · unfree-er · most unfree · unfreest · unfree-est
- Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor. By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
noun unfrees
- A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor. The commissioners then proceeded to consider the various petitions and remonstrances of the unfrees, and to determine the amount to be levied from each.
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title = {unfree},
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