Middle English Dictionary Entry
lē̆ǧitime adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lē̆ǧitime adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of marriage: lawful; (b) of persons: born in lawful wedlock; as noun: those of legitimate birth.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)131 : The thridde is that he be engendred in legitime mariage.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.210 : Men þat buth bygetyn Out of matrimonie nat moillere mowe nat haue þe grace That leelle legitime [vr. legityme men] by lawe may cleyme.