Middle English Dictionary Entry
ascroue n.
Entry Info
Forms | ascroue n. |
Etymology | AF; CF escro(u)e a strip or sheet of parchment. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scroue.
1.
Law Escrow.
Associated quotations
- (1417) Proc.Privy C.2.236 : Comes Bertholdus..and Dominus Brimorinis..take ous ascrowe, of the whiche..hit ys conteyned in the apoyntement & cedule closed in thys letter.