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dizeine (1271-72)
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dizeine (1271-72)

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desein,  deseine,  desseine,  dessoine,  dezeigne,  dezeine,  disainne,  diseine,  disseigne,  disseine,  dizeme,  dizeime,  dizein,  dizeme,  dizeyne  (dixeyne  BRITT i 13.9)  
  FEW:  decem 3,23b Gdf:  dizain 2,732b GdfC:  disain 9,386a / disaine 9,386a TL: disain 2,1942 / disaine 2,1942 DEAF:  dis 1 (disain)  DMF:  dizain  / dizaine  TLF:  dizain  / dizaine  OED:  dizain n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  decenus 572c

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1law tithing, frankpledge group of (originally) ten men: 
( 1292 )  e çoe seit presenté par la deseine en Eyre des Justices  YBB 20-21 Ed I 139
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Femme neqedent ne peut estre utlagé proprement, pur ceo qe ele ne est mie ordeyné a dizeyne, ne a la ley, mes weyvé, qe vaut utlagerie  BRITT i 50
( 1313-14 )  Si homme soit mis en exigende pur acune felonie, s’il fust en diseyne jour de la felonie fete, la diseine serra amercié  YBB Ed II v 102
2lawarea occupied by a tithing: 
( 1346 )  Nous dioms qe mesme la terre si est deinz la dizeyne de B. et nent deinz la dizeine de R.  YBB 20 i Ed III 533
3mil.section of ten men: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ausi bien i ad teles compaignies ki sunt apelé dizeines  vegetius2 48.9-10
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