envei (c.1230)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

envei (c.1230)

[ FEW: 4,797a inviare; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: 3,726 envoi; DEAF: ; DMF:  envoi; TLF:  envoi; OED:  envoy n.; MED:  envoie n.; DMLBS: ]
envoi,  envoie  

s.

1sending, despatch
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Par l’envei de l’apostoire [...] (the bishop) As Yrreis vint pur precher  127
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  tout ne poet homme plus par ceo gaigner de bonement soeffrir vostre envoie de persecucions qe par ceo avoir allegeance de peynes de purgatorie  197
( 1400-02; MS: s.xv1 )  l’envoy de nostre tresamee [...] vers les parties de Coloyne pour estre mariee  441.10
sending forth
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  sun envei (=of Holy Spirit) est issement E sun issir enveiement  9209
finan. sending of money, remittance
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  si nule manere d’estor veynt puys en le maner ou de doun, ou de akat, ou de envey, [...]  422
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.
envei