Middle English Dictionary Entry
assīse adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | assīse adj. |
| Etymology | Ppl. of OF asseoir set, fix. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Established (custom); fixed (rent); standard (foot), etc.
Associated quotations
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3148 : So sal þou do on al wise, For it es knawen custum assise.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)9.180 : Best is to ha made Trumpis of cley..vche of hem ij fynger thicke assise.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15156 : For rent assyse goyng out ȝerly of the seid place, j lb. wax, which was behynd iij ȝer.
- (1459) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1309 : In brede iiij foote standard..the heyght of iij foote assise.