Middle English Dictionary Entry
dern-hundred n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dern-hundred n. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. dē̆rne 1 (b). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The hundred court or assembly (of Wexford). [See P. H. Hore, Hist.Wexford 1.230.]
Associated quotations
- ?a1600(1382) Doc.in HMC Rep.10 App.5292 : In that dernhundred.
- ?a1600(1388) Doc.in HMC Rep.10 App.5292 : In the dernhundred day, it was..ordaynid by al the Comynalte of the said citie.
- ?a1600(1427-8) Doc.in HMC Rep.10 App.5294 : The Maire..shal not receve no man unto the fredome..of forsaide citie, but only in the dernhundred there kepte.