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nientsui (c.1292)

nientsui (c.1292)

nentsui,  nentsuy,  nientsuy  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

lawunfollowed, not followed, unpursued
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de huteys a tort levé et a droit levé et nent suiz  i 179
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De hu e cri levee a tort, on a droit levie e nient sui duement e des nouns de ceaux qi neient corruerent  39
( 1314 )  et depus qe l'avoesoun si est en sa meyn nient suy hors de sa meyn par syute en chauncerie  Ed II xviii 180
( 1317 )  l'execusioun nent suy  Ed II xxii 132

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See also:

nient  nunsivre  sivre 
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