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(
s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3
) dont meynt homme et meynte femme en unt resçu male damage et grant enfermeté de cors pur la longe tenue (var.
(C: s.xiv1/3) detenure
) qe il fit (=of herring) pur cele marchandise cher vendre
Court Bar 26
2lawtenancy, holding or occupancy of land or property as a tenant:
(
1215; MS: 1226
) [T]uit cil qui fonderent abbeies dont il ont chartres des reis d'Engleterre, o anciene tenue (Latin: antiquam tenuram)Magna Carta 361.46
(1292) yl agarda le assise; e fut chargé primes sur le tenue
YBB 20-21 Ed I 279
(1319) en la quele vile sunt deuz tenues: un q’est apellé kniftesfee londe e un altre q’est apellé portesmon londe
YBB Ed II xxiv 13
estre de la tenue de
lawstatusto belong to the retinue of, owe allegiance to:
(
c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/3
) Cesti roi Arthur fist une graunt feste ou furent assemblez touz les rois que furent de sa tenue
Three Chronicles 29.49
tenue1 (1215)