manufortis

manufortis [LLal. div.] , strong of hand. b (as sb. m.) man strong of hand. c (abl. as adv.) with a strong hand, violently. David, ~is vel desiderabilis GlC D 6; tamquam ~is vultuque desiderabilis David Ad. Eyns. Hug. III 5; 1427 alterum David sublimare disposuit ~em, qui civitatem sanctam ‥ muniret libertatibus EpAcOx 33.  b Samson quoque ille fortissimus in typum ~is nostri dat memoriale virtutis suae dicens J. Ford Serm. app. 2.  c 1361 abbas ‥ monasterium suum manu forti, xxx militibus et aliis soldariis tuebatur (Chr. Abingd.) EHR XXVI 729; arrestatos et incarceratos a Nywegate Londonie noctis sub silencio manu forti surripuit Favent 5; 1471 capias ‥ ad respondendum nobis de diversis contemptibus et transgressionibus contra formam statuti de ingressibus ~i factis, unde indictati sunt Paston Let. 766; 1503 de ingressibus ~i in terris et tenementis Treat. J. P. 145; 1520 violenter et ~i rapiunt Conc. Scot. I cclxxix.