Middle English Dictionary Entry
minūte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | minūte adj. |
| Etymology | L minūtus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Small; of rents or taxes: petty or lesser; (b) chopped.
Associated quotations
a
- (1472) RParl.6.64a : Grete Fermes and Sommes..by the name of firma Balliar'..firma Ballivor'..and sume under the name of Minute firme..the said Shirefes know nat wher ner howe to levye.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)580/21 : The said official and Archidekon..assoyled them fro the yevyng of mynute or smale tythes.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.492 : Hem summe in cedur scobe, & summe in stre Mynute [L minutis]..wel witholde.