Middle English Dictionary Entry
orest(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | orest(e n. |
| Etymology | LOE orrest, from ON; cp. OI orrosta & OSwed. oresta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Combat, struggle; (b) law the right of jurisdiction over cases involving trial by combat; (c) by misunderstanding of (b): the liberty of entering woods or lands; (d) by false etymologizing [cp. ore n.(3) & este n.]: the right of a landholder to the ownership of ore and metal in the earth of his landholdings.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12539 : Godess enngless nærenn nohht Abutenn ure Laferrd In all þatt time þatt he wass Inn orresst ȝæn þe deofell.
b
- (1403) Inquis.Hen.IV in BGAS 1864 : Canonici..manerium de Cirencestre..haberent..cum omnibus libertatibus..quas ipsum manerium habuit..cum soka et saka..et flemensfrith et ordel et Orest.
- (1463) Statutes Ireland 378 : Fratres..possessiones..teneant cum..forestal & ordel & orest.
- a1500(1062) Chart.in Kemble Codex Dipl.4.156 : Has omnes supradictas terras ego Eadwardus rex..concedo, cum sacha et soche..ordel et oreste.
c
- a1275 Legal Gloss.Rothley128 : Hordell et Orest: Hoc est libertas intrandi terras vel sylvas infra tempus et extra.
d
- 1662(1299) Bk.Vale Royal in LCRS 68 (Hrl 2064)132 : [We grant..that, in the manors aforesaid, they shall have] soc and sac, toll and team..ordelf, orest, [etc.].
- 1662(1350) Bk.Vale Royal in LCRS 68 (Hrl 2064)136 : [And by] orest [he claims to have treasure-trove in his lordship].