Middle English Dictionary Entry
insūte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | insūte n. |
| Etymology | From in prep. & siute. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of tax or rent; ?money paid in lieu of attendance at the court of one's feudal lord; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
- (?1287) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 394 : Tota villata de Yatelegh dat domino ij s. de Insutes.
- (?1287) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 396 : Tota Hida de Hallie reddit domino xij d. de Insute ad festum S. Martini.
- (?1287) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 397 : Totus Hameletus de Suth Wode dat domino xij d. de Insute.