Middle English Dictionary Entry
reteinement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | reteinement n. Also retenement, reteigne-. |
| Etymology | OF retenement, retienement. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The retention of goods; (b) ?possession; of ~ of, belonging to (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1449) RParl.5.151a : Yef eny pepull..ther godes or Catelx wrongfully were taken..oute of the saide Shires into Walys or into the Marches of Walys dryven, ladde, boren or reteigned..such takyng or takynges, recettementes, abettementes or reteignementes..shuld be adjugged grete Treson.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)456 : They wente by diverse places..robbynge and brennynge mony ryalle maners..and places of the retenement of the duke of Lancastre.