lelage (c.1170)

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lelage (c.1170)

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[ FEW: *5,239b legalis; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
leage,  leiage  

s.

1lawfull age, legal majority
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Tant unt esté nurri, li enfaunt de palage K'il sunt creud grant de xv. anz un leage  (H) 423
( 1290 )  k'il ly trosse renable soustenaunz gekes a soen lelage  79.35
( 1323-25 )  il de son plain pouer et de sa auctorité royal vousist soupploier le defaut de leaige (l. del eaige) dou dit fil et le rendre et faire avable et convenable a faire le dit homaige  243
age  leal 
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