Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒvenaunce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒvenaunce n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A formal agreement, or one of its provisions.
Associated quotations
- (1407) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)8.478b : He shall keepe..the Covenances, writen betwix the forsaid Kyng..by Endentures undir thair Seales.
- (1447) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.41 : And to thes covenance beforsayd, of euer other party to be fulfilled, the partes be-forsayd ether to othur haue set to hor seals.