freedom territorial entity 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme liberty
Meaning 1 freedom
Direction
Meaning 2 an area in which regalian right was revoked and where the land was held by a mesne lord (i.e. an area in which rights reserved to the king had been devolved into private hands). It later became a unit of local government administration Liberty of Norton Folgate
Reference Tomlins, Raithby 1814: 5, 427
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Cognates
Language Old East Slavic
Lexeme 1 свобода
Lexeme 2 слобода
Meaning 1 freedom
Direction
Meaning 2 village, settlement
Reference Fasmer 1986: 3, 672-673
Comment Слобода is recorded since the end of the XIV century. originally "settlement of free farmers"