Middle English Dictionary Entry
aǧisten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aǧisten v. Also gisten, gese. |
| Etymology | AF, whence also AL aǧistāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To use or let (land, esp. woods) for pasture; ben agisted, have a right to pasture; (b) to pasture (livestock), or put to pasture, for a rent.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1224) Statutes Realm1.26(charters) : Agistet boscum suum..in foresta..ad agistandum eos in boscis suis propriis. ]
- a1450 Forest Laws (Dc 335)242 : If ther be ony man that agistyth his wode in pannage time.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)1864 : A forest that was fayr to gese.
- (1453) Deed Dunkenhalgh in Chet.n.s.8035 : The Town-hey..lieth undissevered, and no man knows his dole, but is agystyd; and every parte kepes his gyste after his porcion.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55a : To Gyste: Agistare.
b
- c1320(1304) Yrbk.Edw.I in RS 31.423 : & il agista nos bestis..nos bestis furent agistes.
- (1473) Award Asaph in Cum.West.AS n.s.9280 : Certane catall off Richard Salkeld..agestyd..in to Maysdale, the grownde off the sayde Sir Thomas Curwen.