yeresyeve
Middle English edit
Noun edit
yeresyeve
- A gift given at the start of the year, or at the start of a term of office.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III:
- That fyre shal falle and berne · al to blo askes / The houses and þe homes · of hem þat desireth / Ȝiftes or ȝeresȝyues · bi-cause of here offices.
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