Middle English Dictionary Entry
abaillen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abaillen v. Also abalen. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF baillier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To furnish bail or surety; (b) to pay bail to (sb. for deliverance of a prisoner).
Associated quotations
a
- (1458-9) Let.Sou.in Sou.RS 22 (Sou SC.2/9/2)16 : Not withstonding that they p[ro]mytted..to..abide the seide arrest..they haue..done the co[n]trari and abalid them vtter, p[ur]posyng to..haue departid forthwith.
b
- -?-(a1461) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.279a : He..conspired..to labour the delivraunce of the seid Duke of Orliaunce..and toke grete sommes of gy[ftes]..and the kynge ne the lands never abailled.