Middle English Dictionary Entry
strepe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | strepe n.(2) Also strip(e. |
| Etymology | AF estrep & AL estrepum, streppum, strippum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law Spoliation of land, destruction of parts of a tenement, etc.; ~ and (or) waste.
Associated quotations
- (c1426) Paston2.510 : The scathes to the same Juliane duryng the said yeres lvij li., with-oute her harmes of strepe and waste.
- (1434) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.16 : Þe seyde john and john to kepe þe shettis, withoute stripe or wast, be þe terme foreseyd.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)131 : They shal defendyn the tennaunt, up on whom the writ cometh, that he make non destruccioun ne strip [F estrep] in the tenement hangyng in plee.