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[hostagement] (c.1170)
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[hostagement] (c.1170)

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ostagement; 
pl. hostagemens,  hostaigementz,  hostaigemenz  
  FEW:  hospes 4,491b Gdf:  hostagement 4,501c GdfC: ∅ TL: ostagement 4,1357 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  hostagiamentum 1178c

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1lawdelivery of hostages, taking of hostages: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  E Horn est tut seur par bon ostagement Que il (the count) vers sun seignur se tendra lealment  Horn 1747
( 1303 )  Et qe totes manieres des lettres et d’escritz obligatoires d’ostagementz [...] soient rendues celes qe purront estre trovez et les autres anullees d’une part et d’autre  Treaty Rolls i 163
2lawhostageship, the custody of a hostage: 
( 1298 )  e doit durer li hostaigemenz jusques a quinze jours devant la faute de la dite souffrance se pais ne se fesoit  Treaty Rolls i 144

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