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lelage (c.1170)

lelage (c.1170)

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

s.

lawfull 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  Horn (H) 423
( 1290 )  k'il ly trosse renable soustenaunz gekes a soen lelage  Eng Docs 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  St Sard 243

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See also:

age  leal 
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lelage