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asseurance (c.1200)
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The form enseurance is a cross reference to the following entry:

asseurance (c.1200)

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asseuranz,  asseuraunce;  assurance,  assourance,  aseurance,  asegurance;  assurauns;  enseuraunce  
  FEW:  *assecurare 25,510a Gdf:  asseurance 1,441b GdfC:  aseurance 8,201c TL: assëurance 1,589 DEAF:  seür (asseürance)  DMF:  assurance  TLF:  assurance  OED:  assurance n.  / ensurance n.  MED:  assuraunce n.  / ensuraunce n.  DMLBS:  assecurantia 139b / assurantia 146b

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1assurance, guarantee: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  nus lui frum aseurance De faire tele demustrance  S Clem ANTS 11907
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Si lu (=to the sinner) done ferme esperance De merci tale asegurance Qe sis quers est tantost espris  Dial Greg SATF 13040
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Par aventure morir nus estuvere't […] De ceo aveit le Diable enseuraunce  Lum Lais ANTS 134
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Richard de sun avoyr ly (=to King Philip) fet asseuraunce, Et Gisors ly rend  LANGTOFT wright ii 52
( 1337 )  nous ne donrons […] triwes, pais, asseurance ne respit […] saunz le gré […] de lui  Treaty Rolls ii 15.34
2assurance, support: 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  pur le plus assurance et mainteignance de son povere estat  Lett & Pet 87.40.16
3safety, security: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  il sunt Par assourance alogez sur un munt  Anc Test (E) 6211
( 1332 )  Et sur ce furent les prelatz, countes, barouns […] chargez en lur ligeances de conseiller sur l’aseurance de la terre d’Engleterre  Rot Parl1 ii 66
4assurance, confidence: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  ils parlerent la parole Dieu od asseurance (var. (A: ) od fiaunce)  Actes (B) 211c
en asseurance de
as a guarantee of, to ensure: 
( 1370-71 )  totes les testamentz […] serront […] en la registre […] entree et enroullez, […] en plus assurance et greindre evidence as touz ceux que […]  YMB i 13
♦as reinforcement of: 
( 1321-22 )  les despenses qe eaus ount mys […] entour al dite enclosture de mure & de fosse, en amendement & en assurauns de la vile  Rot Parl1 i 394
♦assured of: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fraunceys leva en assuraunce De la croyz dunt out fyaunce  S Fran ANTS 471
( 1356 )  il nous soeffri bonement del paiement tanqe a la feste de Seint Piere […] en asseurance d’estre paié a mesme la feste  Rot Scot i 796
prendre asseurance de
to accept, be convinced: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Par lui prendrum aseurance De ceo dunt serrum en dutance  S Clem ANTS 10511

See also:

seurance 
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