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hustenc (s.xii)
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hustenc (s.xii)

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husteng,  hustenge;  husting,  hustinge,  hustyng,  hustynge;  hostenge  (hustege  Lib Alb 418)  
  FEW:  husting 16,275b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  husteng H753 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  husting n.  MED:  husting n.  DMLBS:  hustingum 1187c
ls(loanword: M.E. Scandinavian )
le

s.

lawCourt of Hustings (court of record for the formal conveyance of property): 
( s.xii )  si li uns gist malade ke il ne i puisse venir, dunc deit le veskunte prendre quatre prud’omes de denz lez quatre bancs del husteng, e la enveer pur oir son serrement  Bor Cust 48
( s.xiv1 )  donqes deit il, par la ley de la citee de Loundres, ester a droit a la Court le Roi, ceo est asavoire, al Hustenge  Lib Cust 63
( MS: 1419 )  Fait assavoir, qe touz les terres et tenementz, rentes et services, deinz la citee de Londres et les suburbes d'icelle, sont pledables a la Guyhalle deinz mesme la citee en deux Hustenges, dount l'un Hustenge est appellee 'Hustenge de Plee de Terre', et l'autre Hustenge est appellee 'Hustenge des Comunes Plees'  Lib Alb 181
tenir hustenc de
fig.to take notice of, care about: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Asez covre ben sun curage, De lur parler ne tent hustenc  Ipom BFR 5337

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See also:

hustengal 
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