Associations to the word «Frankpledge»

Wiktionary

FRANKPLEDGE, noun. A legal system, based on tithings, in Anglo-Saxon England, in which members were held responsible for each other's conduct
FRANKPLEDGE, noun. A member of such a tithing

Wise words

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