Middle English Dictionary Entry
novāl n.
Entry Info
| Forms | novāl n. Also novalle. |
| Etymology | L novāle & OF novales pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Land kept under cultivation for no more than one year at a time; ~ tithes, tithes of ~, tithes paid on such land.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)47/36 : Yf the same place be with-in the boundes of the seyd parisshe, they be not bound to pay the tethys of hyt, for hyt is 'nouale', that is to sey, a feld yerly tyllyd, or ellys euyry othyr yere.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)633/19 : Hit sholde be lawefull to hem..to reteine to hem-selfe þe tithis of norisshinge of bestes of here owne lordeship & of nouall tithis & fisshinges & frutes of treis.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)680/21 : No man shall presume to take..of yow tythes of youre noualle that ye tele with youre hondes.