Definitions For Frankpledge
Noun
FRANKPLEDGE (plural FRANKPLEDGEs) (law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and collective punishment, punishment under english law among the members of a tithing. Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment. (law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge. (law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.Derived terms
view of frankpledgeAlternative forms
frank-pledge frankenpledgeEtymology
From Anglo-Latin franciplegium, a Latinisation of Anglo-Norman frauncplege ("free pledge"), a mistranslation of Old English friðborh ("pledge of peace") {which had the corrupted form friborh, which led to the Modern English term friborg}, as if it were *freoborh ("free pledge"). See also friborg, which refers to the predecessor of frankpledge.Is Frankpledge a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
26
The word Frankpledge is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends