quindenus

quindenus [CL pl. only] 1 (as adj. or sb.) fifteen. b (~ae kalendae) fifteenth day of the kalends, the fifteenth day before the beginning of a month. bis quindenis / ‥ mansiunculis / ‥ hunc Wulfricum locupletat (Vers.) CS 751; ~us, quindecimus [v. l. quintus decimus] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 492. b ~e kalende Mai Lucian Chester 36. 2 (as sb. f. sg.) a fifteenth, tax of a fifteenth part. 1198 non presumat homo nec femina ‥ in stannariis ‥ habere aliquid de stagno prime funture ultra ~am nisi sit ponderatum ‥ per custodes ‥ de pondere et cuneo firme BBExch I 368; 1204 eas [merchandisas] ducat quo voluerit quietas de ~a Pat 40a; 1205 compotus ‥ ~a mercatorum per portus maris ‥ item reddunt compotum de c li. et lviij et v s. et xj d. de quindecima Novi Castelli EEC 221; videtur enim ipsum velle innuere quod nulli religiosi in Anglia solvant regi decimas, ~as, vel quodcunque pendagium, quantumcunque illi fuerint temporalibus predotati et quantumcunque immineat ardua causa regis Wycl. Civ. Dom. II 7. 3 period of fifteen days, a day and the same day of the week a fortnight later; b (after church feast). c the fifteenth day of a church feast, quindene. 1201 injuste implacitat homines ‥ S. ‥ de ~a in ~am et eos talliat CurR I 392; 1222 debet unus homo sequi ‥ hundredum ‥ de ~a in ~am BNB II 161; 1227 ne ‥ mercatores ultra proximam ~am post prohibitionem nostram in terra nostra Anglie morentur Pat 126; 1341 in liberacionibus j carectarii, iij bovariorum, ‥ capient’ quilibet per ~am j buss’ MinAc 1120/11 rot. 21d.; regem eorum, Gordinum nomine, amiserunt per ~am ‥ regem eorum amissum querentes tandem invenerunt Eul. Hist. III 8; inculta ‥ barba ‥ acsi ‥ ~a fuerit neglecta Mir. Hen. VI II 37 p. 100. b p1180 infra ~am festi S. Michaelis Ch. Westm. 384; 1308 per ~am post natale Domini Rec. Elton 139; parliamentum suum apud Loudun in ~is post purificacionem constituit Feudal Man. 120. c s1255 circa idem tempus, sc. in ~a Pasche que vulgariter hokedai appellatur M. Par. Maj. V 493; 1260 usque ad ~am sancti Johannis Baptiste Cl 55; 1283 essonia de ~a S. Michaelis apud Salopiam (PlRJews 40 m. 7d.) Law Merch. III 2 tit.; in ~a sancte Trinitatis State Tri. Ed. I 31.

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