[espeleteisoun] (1278)
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[espeleteisoun] (1278)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  espeleter (espeleteison)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  espeltatio 803b
espeutesoun,  espeuteisoun,  espeutison  

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1lawhambling, legal obligation (under Royal Forest laws) to mutilate the front paws of dogs to render them unfit for hunting: 
( 1278 )  la fraunchise [...] estre doit quites de espeuteisoun, vient les baillifs la reygne, e grevement distreignent por espeuteisoun encountre sa fraunchise  i 8
( 1279 ) La ou la chartre dit ke veue de espeutison de chens deyt estre fet de terz an en terz an  126
( 1326-27 )  il envoia ses brefs a les seneschals de forest, pur espeutesoun  ii 10
espeleter  nientespeleté 
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espeleteisoun