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foreinetie (s.xii1)
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foreinetie (s.xii1)

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foraineted;  foreyneté,  foreynté, 
pl. forentis  
  FEW:  foras 3,703b Gdf:  foraineté 4,63a GdfC: ∅ TL: foraineté 3,2054 DEAF:  forain 1 (foraineté)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  foreinte n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

1extremity, far end: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Forsmenanz nues de la foraineted de terre (Latin: ab extremo terrae), fuildres en pluvie fist  Oxf Ps ANTS 134.7
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  extremitates: (D) forentis  TLL ii 65.61
♦distance, remoteness: 
( 1329-30 )  eyaunt regard a la foreyneté‚ du pais ou nous sumes  GRANDISSON 243
2being outside a jurisdiction: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  li juge ordeneire n’ad poer a conustre pur la foreinetie  Mir Just 92

See also:

forein 
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