Obs. [f. FREE a. + -SHIP.]

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  1.  Freedom, liberty.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 75. He … gef hom eche frechipe alle þa þet hit alde cunnen.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 372.

        Ær we nulleð mid frescipe
faren from ure feonden.

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  2.  Liberality, generosity.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 386. Luue is heouene stiward, uor hire muchele ureoschipe.

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