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liveré1 (1184)
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liveré1 (1184)

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liveree,  livré,  livree  (lievré,  livee  Rot Parl1 iii 274)  
  FEW:  liberare *5, 301a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  librate n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  librare 2 1603a

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unitpoundworth: 
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Treis cent livrees de rente  S Thom beneit1 1067
( 1316 )  demanda .x. livrees de rente  YBB Ed II xx 83
liveré de terre
unitlibrate, a piece of land worth a pound a year: 
( 1258 )  nuli ne herbergera k'eit meins de quarante livree de terre  Roy Lett Hen III ii 131
( 1285 )  il pouent achater de lur deners .vi. lievrés  (ed. lieures) de terre  Foedera1 i 657
( 1381 )  nostre cosyn eit de nostre purchase quarant liveré de terre a lui et sez heires mals  Test Ebor i 116

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livre2 
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