Liberty

Use this forum to suggest Good Words for Professor Beard.
rkeyo
Junior Lexiterian
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:31 am
Location: New Mexico

Liberty

Postby rkeyo » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:33 am

This is a word whose meanings are quite diverse, and appears in medieval times to have designated a titled landholding, as in the Liberty of Tynedale.
The past was once the present, and the future depends on what we do today...

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:32 pm

nice, rkeyo.

Keys to the Past says:
Liberty
An area where there was some legal freedom. This might be where locals had certain rights over the owner of the land. It could also be a group of manors held by a lord - but exempt from normal legal process for some reason. An example is North Tynedale - this was the 'Liberty of Tynedale', though recognised as England in the 12th century, this was owned by the King of Scotland. Tynemouth Priory and Embleton were also the centres of Liberties - though these were not exempt from taxation measures.
(Emphasis not in original.)
Freedom is not free, and it definitely is not tax-free...


AHDleads to this etymology for liberty:
ENTRY: leudh-
DEFINITION: To mount up, grow. Oldest form *əı leudh-. 1. Basic form *leudh-, landsleit, from Old High German liut, person, people, from Germanic *liud-i-. 2. Suffixed form *leudh-ero-. ... from Latin līber, free ...
Interesting associations: liberty=free/people/growth


pssst: gzer can you provide the Naval definition?

-gailr

Perry
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2306
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:50 am
Location: Asheville, NC

Postby Perry » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:40 pm

My last name (Dror) means liberty. It also means sparrow.

Perry free-as-a-bird Dror
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:23 am

gailr waves a lighter for Perry...

Perry
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2306
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:50 am
Location: Asheville, NC

Postby Perry » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:54 pm

Now I'll have guilt over global warming. :oops:
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous

Bailey
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2114
Joined: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:51 pm

Postby Bailey » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:02 pm

Perry save the guilt for those who are bred for it, As to Global warming, we can only do what we as individuals can do, The rest is left to the Divine, no one can solve it, if it is your fault then be guilty, but guilt like worry accomplishes nothing.

Perry, stay free little sparrow.

mark politics-aside-we-can-only-take-out-our-own-bucketful Bailey

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Make the most of it...
kb









Perry
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2306
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:50 am
Location: Asheville, NC

Postby Perry » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:06 pm

So true. I was riffing on the dinosaur in Toy Story. When the other toys found out that Woody really was trying to rescue Buzz Lightyear, he remarked, "now I have guilt!".
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous

Grogie
Senior Lexiterian
Posts: 656
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:23 am
Location: Michigan, United States

Postby Grogie » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:59 am

Very interesting information rkeyo. I wasn,t aware of that ancient definition of ''liberty''. Thanks so much.


Return to “Good Word Suggestions”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest