Middle English Dictionary Entry
supprīse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | supprīse n. Also supprice. |
| Etymology | From supprīsen v.; also cp. AF supprise, ML supprisa exaction, usurpation. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Oppression; injury, harm; also, exaction, seizure [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6264 : Still he lay and graned sare, And spak to þaim þat with him ware, 'Þis I haue for my suppryse' [rime: vpryse].
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204)p.747 : What so men gat, couetyse noght hym fylde: The wynners had it all withoute suppryse [Kingsford: surpryse; rime: seruyse].
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.341 : All gentyll disporte..He vsed aye..Without suppryse [vr. suppryce], or any extorcyon Of the porayle, or any oppressyon.