1earnest, pledge:
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
cil qui nos est erre e gage De nostre celestre eritage
14431
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
arra gallice: hernes
i 149
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
arra: ernes gallice
i 146
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
arrabo: ernis
ii 159
(
c.1300
)
si nul homme ou femme doune a un autre arris e aventure aveigne q’il ne eyt poynt la chose dount il eit doné erris […]
i 218
♦
fig.pledge, promise:
(
s.xiii2;
MS: s.xiii2
)
il
(J.C.) nus ad doné en terre seon precius sanc en ernes
(ms. erues) de seon amur
270
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv2
)
(the bodies of the saints) en erles de relever de mort a vie lessez nus sunt
2853
♦
earnest-money, advance:
(
MS: c.1310
)
mesme cesti W. luy bailla vj d. en orenez
(l. eren) (var. (H8: c.1400) hernes; (Gg: 1327-77) ernest; (H10: s.xiv2/3) ernes)
289
(
1350-51
)
s’il n’eit fait gree de tut mes par arres
i 315
(
1382-83
)
En primes baillé a Thomas Reynham en erres del somme quel yl paya – xij d.
202
(
s.xivex;
MS: 1654-81
)
chescun frere du dit fraternité paie en arres pur son drap avant la mayn xld a meyns
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