dizeine (1271-72)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

dizeine (1271-72)

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

s.

1law tithing, frankpledge group of (originally) ten men: 
( 1292 )  e çoe seit presenté par la deseine en Eyre des Justices  20-21 Ed I 139
( 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  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.  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  48.9-10
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.
dizeine