Middle English Dictionary Entry
disseisen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | disseisen v. Also deseisen & dissesen, disseasen, dis(s)essen, disesen, discesen, desesen. |
| Etymology | AF disseisir (CF dessaisir); AF ei is adapted both as ei and as ē in ME. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To deprive (sb.) of seizin, as by forcible entry upon a freehold; esp., to dispossess (sb.) unlawfully (of land, goods, etc.); (b) refl. to surrender possession or dominion; (c) the disseised, the dispossessed person.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)276/5 : Þis ilke Erl deseised a kniht Of his londes wiþ vnriht.
- (c1404) *Exch.Misc.Deed (PRO) (PRO)6-28d : He was a perelouse man..he meyȝt haue desesid me & oure place.
- (1435-6) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xlii : Geffrey Poutrell, gentilman, dissesid and wrongfully putte oute your saide besecher of certein londes and tenementes.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)41 : Ȝif eny man dissese other of his free tenement..that is to wetene, of tenement pletable in court of the same toune [etc.].
- c1440 Gaytr.LFCatech.(Thrn)7/5 : Falsely be dyssessede of lande or of lythe.
- (1447) Shillingford134 : No man shuld bee disseised ne put out of his free hold..but by lawfull juggement.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7517 : Þe saint pople he diseesyd, And of þair gudes falsly dissesid.
- (1454) Deed Yks.in YASRS 65125 : He schall nowthire dissese ne distrene the sayd Brian of the sayd close, bot laghefully..tame a suyt.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)236/24 : [14 persons] wrongefully dissesyd Margaret Mounteney..of her fre tenement & of a mese.
- (1475) RParl.6.134b : Richard Bonethon of the same Counte, Gentilman..with force and armes and strong hand entred into the said Myne..of the said Thomas Nevill, and hym therof disseased.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)25 : Of whiche duchie of Gascoigne..your noble progenitours have continually be possessid and seased of..tille that by intrusion of youre said adversarie, Charlis the vijthe of Fraunce, have disseasid yow.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)229 : It shall here-after be declared how that she was discesed of the seint Graal and wherfore.
b
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.250 : Our kyng Sir Edward held him wele payed..Disseised him self of alle, ȝald it to Sir Jon.
c
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)45 : That the pleynt be begunnen fresshly with inne the ferst xl dayes after that the dissesyd be delivered out of prisoune.
2.
(a) To deprive (sb.) of authority, dominion, or privileges; (b) to rob (sb. of affection); (c) to deliver (sb. from suffering); (d) to allay (a rumor).
Associated quotations
a
- (1422) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.144/102 : William Walderne..Mair..had xl pleintes vpon Breweres Crafte, and he was sore stered be certein persones..to haue desesid þe said Crafte of Breweres.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)45.180 : Ȝif it happede..That this Aganore dissesid be.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)25/29 : To dyssesyn hem þat ryȝtfully pursewyn in cristen court aȝens here aduersaryes, or dyssesyn here iuges.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2076 : Myn herte is youres..So sore it lustith you to plese, No man therof may you disseise.
c
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1088 : He is in my prison; And bote he beo for-bouȝt of me, He ne ouȝte from wo disseysed be.
d
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2531 : Lordes of the toun Ful busy wern, this Rumour to dysesse [vr. discese; rime: appese]..In quyete euery thyng to sette.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chartier Dial.F.&F.(Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.43)9/37 : Outeward oure enemyes make vs werre thorough whyche we be dyssesed of oure possessyons, and the pestelence of vyces maketh oure ynwarde batayles.
Note: Postdates sense1.(a).--per MM