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avenantment (s.xii)

avenantment (s.xii)

avenamment,  avenanment;  avenantement,  avenauntement,  avenauntment;  avenontment  (avenauntrement,  avenaument (l. avenanment) avanaument (l. avananment))  
  FEW:  advenire 24,190b Gdf:  avenanment 1,514c GdfC: TL: avenir (avenanment) 1,719 DEAF: DMF:  avenamment  TLF: OED:  avenantly adv.  MED:  avenauntli adv.  DMLBS:  advenienter 36a

adv.

suitably, fittingly
( MS: s.xii )  desenter: avenantment  TLL i 112
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  si vus pensez avanaument (l. avenanment) (var. avaunt sagement) des biens k’il vus a fet  Mirour Egl 12.31
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Lor covient boivre ice avenaument (l. avenanment)  A-N Med ii 81
( 1280 )  ne soient tiels oiz qi ne sachent renablement lour mestier et les bosoignes et les quereles des prodeshommes guier avenauntment  Lib Cust 281
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Si fait sa ureisun a Deu ben e avenauntrement  Burch1 488
( 1311-12 )  jesqes son estat soit avenantment relevé  Rot Parl1 i 447
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dit duc prist deux de les niefs pleyns de vine pur luy vitailler et les autres seignours plus avenauntment q’ils ne furount  Anon Chr1 120.19
with due respect
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (Twelve men) Mult bel e mult avenantment Par mi la sale trespasserent  Brut WACE 10630
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Il responent dutusement, Si li dient avenantment Que ne sevent […] U le pot truver veraiement  S Edm Pass ANTS 286
correctly, well
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  que […] peuse la plae plus avenantement garrir  A-N Med i 49
( MS: 1419 )  qe desormés les pessoners […] ordeignent issi lour panyers en queux il mennent lour pesson de meer […] et chescun payner soit avenantement en sey continuant un manere de pessoun  Lib Alb 378
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