Middle English Dictionary Entry
almoin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | almoin n. |
| Etymology | AF almoigne |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Possession in frankalmoin; cp. almes 5.
Associated quotations
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.239 : An oþer statute, þat non erle..Tille holy kirke salle gyue..rent no lond..Without leue of þe kyng,..For freres..& monk & chanoun Haf drawen in ovoice his feez to þer almoyn [F aumon].