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alaiement (s.xiii3/3)

alaiement (s.xiii3/3)

alaement  
  FEW:  lex *5,291b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  loi (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

lawwager of law, compurgation
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  par pais ou par proeve ou par alaement  Court Bar 91
( 1310-11 )  Nous sumes prest a defendre par nostre ley […] veez vous si vous volez cel alaement  YBB Ed II vi 154

See also:

laiement1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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