[hostagement] (c.1170)

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[hostagement] (c.1170)

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[ FEW: 4,491b hospes; Gdf: 4,501c hostagement; GdfC: ; TL: 4,1357 ostagement; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 1178c hostagiamentum ]
ostagement; 
pl. hostagemens,  hostaigementz,  hostaigemenz  

s.

1lawdelivery of hostages, taking of hostages
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  E Horn est tut seur par bon ostagement Que il (the count) vers sun seignur se tendra lealment  1747
( 1303 )  Et qe totes manieres des lettres et d’escritz obligatoires d’ostagementz [...] soient rendues celes qe purront estre trovez et les autres anullees d’une part et d’autre  i 163
2lawhostageship, the custody of a hostage
( 1298 )  e doit durer li hostaigemenz jusques a quinze jours devant la faute de la dite souffrance se pais ne se fesoit  i 144
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hostagement