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veisinage (1190-93)

The form vignesage is a cross reference to the following entry:

veisinage (1190-93)

visenage,  visinage  (vignesages  HENLEY2 476)  

s.

1neighbourhood, neighbours
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  si haut crye Ke le veysinage le tresoy  S Fran 48va
2proximity
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mult par hay lur veisinage, Unkes n'i vindrent sanz damage  S Edm Life ANTS 3387
3lawvicinage (people dwelling near a certain tenement)
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  entre veysins reseauntz en un fee plus proprement est cele commune appellé veysinage qe commune  BRITT i 389
( 1310 )  si wast ou destruction fut fet en ceux tenemenz, qe serroit redresscé par ordinaunce de veisinage sanz plé  YBB Ed II iii 183
4lawright of pasture because of tenure of land near it within the same fee
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  si les tenementz soint de un fee, adounc ne pora nul veisin autre defendre a comuner renablement pur le veisinage, si noun par acune especiale forprise  BRITT i 394
( 1344 )  l'attreit est par voie de veysynage et noun pas de seignurie  YBB 18-19 Ed III 167

See also:

visnaige 
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