meynprisen
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
meynprise + -en (infinitival suffix), borrowed from Anglo-Norman mainprise.
Verb edit
meynprisen
- to mainprise
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
- Shal neure man of molde · meynprise þe leste / But riȝte as þe lawe wil loke · late falle on hem alle.
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