Middle English Dictionary Entry
enrollen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | enrollen v. Also enroulen, in-. |
| Etymology | OF enroller, -rouler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law To copy or enter (a deed, contract, will, etc.) into an official roll or register, as that of a court or a guild hall; to record or register (a deed, etc.) in the rolls of a court or guild hall; enrollen of record, enrollen under sel, enrollen up.
Associated quotations
- (1403-4) LRed Bk.Bristol2.182 : Thees artykles, poyntes and ordynaunces vnder wryte to be enrolled in the yeldhalle of Bristow.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3398 : He to reioisshe..Septer & crowne after þe kynges day, As it is clerly..Enrolled vp in þe conuencioun.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1930 : Lich the Couenaunt and conuencioun, Enrolled vp by lordys of this toun.
- (1423-4) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)105 : Be þeir dede enrolled in þe hustenge of London..endorsed hit on þe bakke as it hadde be enrolled in þe kyngesbenche.
- (1431) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)25.1235 : His testament enrolled in the Hustenge of the said Cite.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)57 : The chartre enrollyd of ȝift in the common rolle of the toun.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)63 : Be that graunte and his reconisaunce enrolled with other reconissaunces of free tenementes.
- (1438) LRed Bk.Bristol2.169 : Graunte vs that the seide reule and gouernance myght be enacted vnder seal as for ordenaunce, and enrolled in the papir of the yheldhall.
- (1442) Doc.Ireland in RS 69286 : The seide actes were enrollede in youer seide Chauncery of recorde.
- (1444) RParl.5.74a : Enacted and enrolled of record, in the Rolle of the said Parlement.
- (1449) Rec.Norwich 2280 : Actis, constituciones, ordenaunces and peynes..inacted and inrolled in the chaumbr of þe cite.
- c1450 Siege Thebes (Rwl D.82)49 : The which accorde..was in þe moost strengest wise regestred and enrolled with þe surest bondes and oþes.
- (1451) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)336 : Ordeigned, enact, and enrolled in the Chaumber of the Guyldhall.
- (1457) Lease Ebrington in Campbell Chancellors 1373 : I have by my dede, enrolled and subscribed with myne owne hande, graunted the same reuersion to the said Sir John.
- (1462) Stonor1.59 : We kepte, not sende þe Dede aboute, into þe tyme hit were enrowlyd, for drede of losyng.
- (1463) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.3270 : Þis indenture quatripartite shall be enrolled before þe kynges Justices of þe common place.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.40b : Lettres Patentes under youre grete Seall in youre Chauncerie to be enrolled.
2.
To enter or record (someone's name) in an official list; to admit (someone) as a member (to an organized group).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.78 : Euerych soutere [shall pay] þe clerke a peny for to enrolly hys name.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)22 : Nor he that hath two facys in on hood May ben enrollid in this ffraternyte.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)758 : The dignitie and name in special Of euery prince enrolled.
3.
To fix or retain (a precept or doctrine in one's mind); to record (a prophecy).
Associated quotations
- c1475(?a1440) Burgh Cato(1) (Rwl C.48)840 : Thes preceptis keepe wel in remembrance, Enrollyng hem and pryntyng in your mynde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)111/334 : That same childe is he that prophetys of told,..This is inrold By the wordys of Isae: a prynce most bold shall he be, And kyng with crowne, Sett on dauid trone.