Middle English Dictionary Entry
quī tollis phr. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | quī tollis phr. plural |
| Etymology | L qui tollis you who take away. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Pun on quitales, pl. of quitale n.: payments of debt, acquittals.
Associated quotations
- a1605(?a1500) Lond.Lickpenny (Hrl 542)35 : Then I went me vnto the Rollis before the clerks of the chauncerie; there were many qui tollis [?a1650 (Hrl 367): many I found earnyng of pence], but I herd no man speke of me.