Middle English Dictionary Entry
oeps n.
Entry Info
| Forms | oeps n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Use, profit, advantage, benefit; ~ and profit; to his ouen ~, unto their bothere ~, to the ~ of the king, etc.; in ~, in (one's) possession.
Associated quotations
- [ (c1290) Britton 1 (Lamb 403)p.85 : Soit enquis de toutes lour prises a noster oes et a lour. ]
- [ (1305) RParl.1.178a : Et en tien manere soient tenuz & gardez a son oeps pur totes manere de bosces. ]
- (1425) *Indent.Redmerselle : To bring alle the said landz and tenementz oute of the Kynges hands with the issues and profites to the oeps and profit of the Priour of Tynmouth, [etc.].
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.853 : Of payne of vc marke, to be raysed of ye landes and tenementes of ye sayd John Lyllyng, to ye oeps of our soverayne lorde ye kyng.
- (a1430) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125180 : Yf any mone leve unspendyd at thair rekkenyng, that it be spendyd to the oeps and the profyte of bathe the sayd craftes.
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.232 : Þen feoffees have..graunted..þe revenues of þe landes þat þei stonde enfeffed ynne from Michelmesse next comyng unto a certain oeps.
- (1436) RParl.4.501b : Thoo enhabitauntz withynne his Baylie..thenne have estat to her owen oeps.
- (?1440) Contract in OSSLH 4181 : Þe seid priour..wolde not suffre þe seid suppliant to have þe seid cornes..but hath takyn hem to hys owne oeps to þe grete hurt of þe seid suppliant.
- (1442-3) Contract in OSSLH 4182 : William Parkoure..and one Gilbert Bedenall..hadde theyr comon silver and golde in Mercerware..pakked in fotepak..to be demenet and reulet..unto theyr bother oeps.
- (1459) Wars France in RS 22.2511 : Ye..buye..bowe stafes..saufly to be kept in oure oeps for thentent abovesaide.