Middle English Dictionary Entry
plevīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | plevīne n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Surety, bail; thurgh ~, on bail; (b) a pledge; in ~, with pledges.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1275) Statutes Realm1.30 : Si Viscontes..lessent par plevine nul qe ne seit replevisable. ]
- [ (1299) Statutes Realm1.129 : Vicecomites..latrones notorios..& aliis feloniis..per plevinam dimiserunt. ]
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.31 : Shirreues..þoru pleuine bileueden hoem, aȝen þe forme of oure statut.
b
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1253 : Unto þe kirk þai went And war wedded..Þare wedded Ywaine in plevyne Þe riche lady Alundyne.