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erres (1212)
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erres (1212)

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erre,  erles;  arres,  arris  (ernes,  ernis,  ernest,  ernist,  hernes,  hernest,  ernaesse  TLL i 21,  orenez)  
  FEW:  arra 1 25,296b / arra 1,143b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  are 8,174a TL: erre 2 3,796 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  arrhe  TLF:  arrhe  OED:  erres n.  MED:  erres n.  DMLBS: ∅

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earnest, pledge: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  cil qui nos est erre e gage De nostre celestre eritage  Dial Greg SATF 14431
( MS: s.xiii2 )  arra gallice: hernes  TLL i 149
( MS: s.xiiiex )  arra: ernes gallice  TLL i 146
( MS: s.xiiiex )  arrabo: ernis  TLL 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 […]  Bor Cust 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  Religious Life 270
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  (the bodies of the saints) en erles de relever de mort a vie lessez nus sunt  Apoc giffard 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)  Nov Narr 289
( 1350-51 )  s’il n’eit fait gree de tut mes par arres  Stats i 315
( 1382-83 )  En primes baillé a Thomas Reynham en erres del somme quel yl paya – xij d.  Goldsmiths 202
( s.xivex; MS: 1654-81 )  chescun frere du dit fraternité paie en arres pur son drap avant la mayn xld a meyns  Barbers 4
mettre en erres
to pledge: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  En erres mist sun sanc tant clier  Pet Phil 2617
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