Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutwar(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutwar(e n. Also ut-, utwara, uthware, (errors) wthare, utward. |
| Etymology | OE ūtwaru. ML ūtwara is a borrowing from OE. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Military service away from home owed to the crown.
Associated quotations
- c1381(1183) Boldon Bk.(PRO SC 12/21/28)18 : Willelmus tenet Oxenhall..et facit utware quando positum fuerit in Episcopatu.
- c1381(1183) Boldon Bk.(PRO SC 12/21/28)20 : Robertus..facit utware, quantum pertinet ad quartam partem j dringagii.
- -?-(?c1170) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.6662 : Maxime de servicio Regis, quod vocatur Vtwara.
- -?-(?c1170) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.6675 : Quietam de omni servicio terreno et exaccione et sæculari consuetudine, et nominatim de servicio regis quod vocatur Wtware.
- -?-(?c1170-1216) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.6686 : Servicio domini Regis quod dicitur Wthare.
- -?-(?c1180) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66118 : Servicio domini Regis quod vocatur Vtward.
- -?-(a1196) Chart.Rievaulx in Sur.Soc.83216 : Liberam..ab omni alia consuetudine et servitio excepta Uthware quæ ad Dominum Regem pertinet.
- -?-(?c1216) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.6677 : Serv. dom. regis quod dicitur Utwar.