Middle English Dictionary Entry
viscǒuntīe n.
Entry Info
Forms | viscǒuntīe n. |
Etymology | AF viscounté, var. of OF visconté. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The jurisdiction of a viscount or the territory under his jurisdiction.
Associated quotations
- (1417) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)67/10 : This day…was yolden vn-to vs the Castell of Touque…the whech Castel is an honneur, and all the viscountie and Lordshippes of Auge halden ther-of.