Middle English Dictionary Entry
sē̆cūritẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sē̆cūritẹ̄ n. Also securete, sekurite. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sikerte n.
1.
(a) The condition of being safe from danger or harm; (b) freedom from care or anxiety; (c) law something pledged as security for the fulfillment of an obligation, a bond.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.77 : As hit is..seide, Paradise..hathe securite [Trev.: sikernesse and suerte; L securitatem] to the whiche seyenge the altitude of the place berrethe testimonye.
b
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)33/18 : Mekenesse, soburnesse, sekurite, & reste loue wel þe cumpanye of symple pouerte.
c
- (1444) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.55 : The Cardinal of Englande hath Granted to Leve unto Us the Somme of Two Thousand Marc..upon the Securetee for his Repaiement therof.
- (1450) RParl.5.181b : Securitee of peas was axed bifore you in your said Court..of the seid William Tailbois..he..to kepe youre peas..and to appere bifore you personelly in your said Court at a certeyn day, uppon peyne of forfeiture of grete notable sommes.