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quieter (1277)

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quieter (1277)

 
  FEW:  quietus 2/ii,1471b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  quïet (*)  DMF: TLF: OED:  quiet v.  MED:  quieten v.  DMLBS:  quietare 2629b

For an explanation of the co-existence of quieter and quiter see the commentary of quiet1.

v.trans.

1lawfinan.to acquit, clear, discharge (from a debt)
( 1362 )  [...] que jamés ne demanderons [...] les sommes, qui pardonnez et quietez lui avons  Foedera1 iii 659
2lawto relinquish, give up one's claim to
( 1277 )  E se vus prie nostre seignur, come cher frere e amé, ke vus ne creez a nuly, ke voyle en quieter (l. enquieter?) pa[r] volenté ses fraunchises, possessiuns, e ses seisines, e ses lunges tenaunces  Foedera1 i 544

[gdw]

See also:

acquiter  quieser  quiet1  quiete1  quietance  quietclaim  quietclamance  quietclamer  quiete1  quieté  quietement  quietus1  quiter 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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