Middle English Dictionary Entry
ap(p)ēling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ap(p)ēling ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Accusation, impeachment; (b) an appeal for reconsideration; (c) ?a formal agreement.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)12 : A-peel or apelynge, supra in apechynge.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.56/18 : For euer to constreyne both by censure of þe churche, apelyng i-put aweye, to þe kepyng of þe forsaide thynges.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.131/18 : We charge that, þe parties i-called, ȝe hyre þe cause and, apelyng removed, with Dew Ende ȝe endid.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)575/12 : They shold constreyne them to bere witnesse to the trouthe, appelyng cesyng.
c
- c1460 Oseney Reg.168/10 : In a tyme Appelyng afore whas i-maade [between] oon Hugh of Tywe..and on Roger of liouns..þat the Same Richard weddid the foresaide Emme.