Middle English Dictionary Entry
burǧeisīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | burǧeisīe n. Also borg-, burgessie. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The status or the life of a burgeis.
Associated quotations
- [ a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)116 : Adunkes seyt cely fol akatour..foriugge..de chescun manere de proffyt..qil deyt aver..par resoun de sa burgeysye. ]
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)161 : Vor mannes lyf inne þe erþe is ase borgeysye.
- (a1450) Code Laws in Willmore Hist.Walsall166 : Then he so offendyng immediatly be discharged of his or theyer Burgessye or Burgesship.