3freomen. “free gentry, gentlemen,” the opposite of bonde, as named in The Saws of Saint Bede (art. 4), line 146 (note). See also The Owl and the Nightingale (art. 2), lines 131 (note) and 1507. The term is discussed in Clanchy, England and Its Rulers, pp. 273–77.↩back to note source4for to mele. “to mingle with.” See MED, medlen (v.), sense 1a, which gives better sense than melen, “speak with” (sense 2a(g)).↩back to note source
3freomen. “free gentry, gentlemen,” the opposite of bonde, as named in The Saws of Saint Bede (art. 4), line 146 (note). See also The Owl and the Nightingale (art. 2), lines 131 (note) and 1507. The term is discussed in Clanchy, England and Its Rulers, pp. 273–77.↩back to note source4for to mele. “to mingle with.” See MED, medlen (v.), sense 1a, which gives better sense than melen, “speak with” (sense 2a(g)).↩back to note source