Middle English Dictionary Entry
renten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | renten v.(1) Also rent(e; p.ppl. i)rented. |
| Etymology | From OF renter v. & ME rente n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To endow (sb.) with income property; (b) ppl. rented as adj.: possessed of property yielding revenue; (c) to rent out (property).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.35 : Treuþe..bad hym..Releue religioun & renten [vrr. rentyn, rente, rent, renteth] hem betere.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.265 : Bote let hure be knowe For ryche oþer wel yrented [vr. rented wel]..Ther nys squier ne knyght..That he nel..wedden hure.
- (1431) Plea Sharpe in RS 28.5 pt.1 (Hrl 3775)455 : Ȝe may..fynde ther wyth a thousand Knytes wel rented be ȝere.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)67 : Thus in alle the Rewme may men have xv Erles, xv ml. knyhtes and squyers moo thanne be now suffisauntly Rentyd.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)65/33 : Lordys and oþer rented men schuld..kepe holy chirch yn pees and rest.
c
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16201 : Item, to make ordenauns for the lordshyp off Wythum..hou yt hath be rentyd, whether yt ys better or wers than yt was.