Middle English Dictionary Entry
livering(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | livering(e ger. Also liv(e)rẹ̄ing. |
| Etymology | Cp. liverẹ̄ n.(3) & liveren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The delivery of a commodity sold; (b) the allotting of lodgings; (c) an allowance of food and drink for a soldier.
Associated quotations
a
- (1468-9) Doc.Brewer in Nrf.Archaeol.5324 : That no maner of brewer of this Cite shall from this tyme foorth take of eny persone for lyveryng, gevyng, or grauntyng of ye said goddisgood in money nor other rewarde above ye value of a ferthyng.
b
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7164 : Þere was ostel lyuerynge [LinI: lyuereyng], Of al newe byggeynge.
c
- a1500 *Vegetius(1) (Sln 2027)42a : Lyvreyng [DC: He þat scholde resceiue of þe Emperour lyuereye].