Middle English Dictionary Entry
gavilig(e)indeche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gavilig(e)indeche n. |
| Etymology | ?From gavel-ikinde & -āǧe, on the model of messuāǧe, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A piece of land held under the tenure called gavel-ikinde.
Associated quotations
- (1287) Inquis.PM Edw.I385 : [The other lands, etc., are] Gavylygeyndeches [and are held of divers lords paying 15 s. 10 d. yearly; these lands, etc., are partible between all the brothers of the said Geoffrey, according to the custom of Kent].
- (1287) Inquis.PM Edw.I394 : [54 acres arable which are] gavelygindeches.