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saiso, ~ona [AN seison, saison, CL satio < satus p. ppl. of serere+-tio] 1 time, portion or period of year, season; b (spec. as aestivalis, hiemalis, quadragesimalis, or sim.). †716 (12c) cum commina [sic] pasture pro omni genere animalium omnibus seisonis CS 135 (= MonA II 108, Croyl. 3); 1231 quod in bosco de H. ‥ prosterni faciant ‥ buscam ad focum suum in ~ona anni qua illud melius et commodius poterunt Cl 499; 1237 in ~ona qua subboscus scindi poterit Cl 416.  b 1280 pro roba ‥ ad seysinam estivalem Reg. Heref. 246; c1280 herciabit ij acras in quadragesima †sine [l. sive] habuerit equum †sine [l. sive] non. et si habuerit equum herciabit iij acras in eadem seysona Crawley 237; 1297 in ista sesona yemali tantum habeant watergayngam suam Reg. S. Aug. 610; 1309 in ista seysona yemali ‥ in proxima seysona estivali RScot 76a–b; 1315 navium ‥ instanti seisona estivali profecturarum Ib. 138a; 1315 cum ‥ promiserit venire in obsequium nostrum in guerra nostra Scocie in instanti seisona estatis RGasc IV 1491; c1341 item in semine super iiij acris terre de seisona quadragesimali ij quarteria drag’ IMisc 146/9. 2 time or period of year during which an activity is appropriate or permitted, season (usu. as determined by condition or life cycle of animal or plant with which activity is involved); b (w. ref. to falconry); c (~ona mutationis; v. mutatio 3); d (w. ref. to hunting of deer; season for taking harts and bucks, from early May to mid-September, the equivalent of 2e infra; that of taking hinds and does from mid-November to early February, the equivalent of 2f infra); e (~ona pinguedinis w. ref. to season of ‘grease’ when harts and bucks were normally taken; v. pinguedo 3); f (~ona fermisonis w. ref. to season of ‘fermison’ when hinds and does were normally taken; v. fermiso); g (w. ref. to fox-hunting). h (~ona mortua) close season; i (w. ref. to hunting other animal); j (~ona piscationis); k (w. ref. to period of agricultural activity, also w. specifying adj. or gen.); l (~ona vindemie). 1359 omnia ‥ necessaria pro sustentacione equorum et equicii nostrorum ‥ in meliori seisona anni in locis in balliva tua ubi providencie ille ad majus comodum et minus dampnum nostri fieri possint Cl 197 m. 13; 1384 concessimus ei licenciam tam fugandi ‥ ferinam ac volatilia ‥ quam piscandi ‥ ita semper quod id fiat racionibiliter in mensura et seisona Pat 317 m. 17.  b 1219 debet portare j falconem domini regis in seisona Fees 251; 1219 tenet quandam terram ‥ per serganteriam portandi unum osturcum in ~ona Ib. 285; 1272 in prima volatu austurci nostri ‥ a manu nostra in ultima sesona Liberate 48 m. 9 (cf. Cal. Liberate 206); 1297 falconario comitis P. de Dunbar, qui morabatur cum rege ‥ cum quodam asturco ‥ durante seysona asturcorum ‥ l s. (Ac Wardr) Doc. Scot. II 137.  c 1204 M. de W. ‥ inveniet ‥ j servientem ‥ per totam ~ionæm mutationis, et inveniet custum trium leporariorum in eodem castello per eandem ~unam Pipe 129.  d 1221 licenciam ‥ quod canes sui currant in Nova Foresta ‥ ad bestias capiendas in hac seisona Cl I 468b; 1226 G. venatori nostro quem mittimus cum canibus suis ad currendum in hac ~ona in foresta episcopatus Dunholm’ ad cervos Cl II 134b; 1285 si forte ipse vel sui ‥ casu fortuito ‥ cervum ‥ vel feram aliam, extra sesonam, utpote damum in hieme vel damam in estate, ceperit vel ceperint (Ch. Regis) Cart. Chester 37 p. 89; 1384 duos damos de grees et duas damas de fermeson percipiendos singulis annis in seisonis (Pat 318 m. 12) SelPlForest 146; 1400 concessimus eisdem hominibus quatuor damas percipiendas tempore seisone ‥ . concessimus etiam mulieribus predictis sex damos percipiendos tempore seisone (Pat 361 m. 39) Foed. VIII 150 (cf. CalPat 318); 1435 licenciam capiendi ‥ sex damos de seisona et sex damas tempore vermesone Pat 437 m. 7 (cf. CalPat 464).  e 1280 tredecim damos in seisona pinguedinis et tresdecim damas in seisona fermisonis Cl 97 m. 10; 1285 sex damos in sesona pinguedinis [v. l. omits pinguedinis] et sex damas in sesona fermesonis (Ch. Regis) Cart. Chester 89 (= CalCh II 292); 1312 ad capiendos sex damos in instanti seisona pinguedinis Cl 130 m. 31.  f 1280, 1285 (v. 2e supra); 1310 ad capiendum ‥ quadraginta damas de instanti seisona fermesonis (Cl 133 m. 21) SelPlForest 142; 1463 j damam de seisona vermisonis Pat 505 m. 5.  g 1300 seisona ad venandum ad vulpes (v. 2h infra).  h 1290 Willelmo venatori vulpium ‥ pro expensis unius equi portantis recia sua per dictum tempus ‥ exceptis vjxxiij diebus per quos durat mortua seysona, viz. per menses Maii, Junii, Julii et Augusti, per quos nichil percipiet ex nunc pro equo suo (AcWardr) Chanc. Misc. 4/4 f. 58d.; 1291 exceptis vijxxiij diebus per quos durat mortua seysona KR Ac 352/26 m. 5; 1300 a primo die Septembris, quo die incipit seisona ad venandum ad vulpes post seisonam mortuam AcWardr 308.  i homini Harpin pro indumento et stipendio in seysona perdric’, vj s. j d. Ac. Swinfield 140; 1309 quo ad fugam cuniculorum dicunt quod ipsi ‥ tempore seisone fugandi cuniculos, sc. a fine mens’ Septembr’ usque ad mens’ Febr’, solebant fugare cum cane et baculo PQW 827b.  j 1321 levacio et colleccio ‥ in instanti seisona piscacionis ‥ de piscatoribus ‥ ad easdem villas cum navibus suis piscatricibus et pisce venire volentibus (Pat 155 m. 19d.) Bronnen i 296 p. 181 (cf. CalPat 56); 1357 in seisona piscacionis allecis Pat 252 m. 7.  k 1214 quod in estate, dum arat, habeat herbagium ad boves suos ‥ in quadam seisone in estate debent ipse et alii falcare tres turnos CurR VII 240; 1222 debet arare in qualibet ~ione ij acras Dom. S. Paul. 23; 1228 quod omnes illi quibus ‥ vicecomes ‥ committet dominica domini regis excolenda et inbladanda ‥ hac ~ona de mestillun, salvo et secure ea recipiant, excolant, et inbladent Pat 177; 1274 item Ric’ le B. distrincit pro dictis denariis per iiij equos un’ perdidit agriculturam unius ~ion’ Hund. I 137a; 1305 debent arrare ij acras terre domini ad seysonam avene in quadragesima Ext. Hadleigh 236; 1355 vendiciones arure: idem r. c. de xv s. v d. receptis de arura de gavelwerke de vj acris x pedibus terre relax’ tenent’ ad sesonam frumenti (Kent) MinAc 899/9 m. 1; 1398 ad utramque seisonam arandi et herciandi (Comp. Harmondsworth) Ac. Man. Coll. Wint.; quelibet caruca de betagiis quolibet anno debet arare domino unam acram ad seisinam frumenti, et unam acram ad seisinam avenarum (BB Lismore f. 1b) James Ware, De Hibernia et Antiquitatibus Ejus (2 ed., London, 1658), p. 343.  l 1312 unum dolium vini in instanti seisona vindemie Cl 130 m. 25; 1317 mille dolia vini, viz. de proxima seisona vindemiarum quingenta dolia et de sequenti seisona recci residua quingenta dolia RGasc IV 1699. 3 time at which a commodity is most available or in its best condition: a (de sesena) ? of the (current) season, recent, ‘fresh’, or ? of the appropriate or most suitable season, in prime condition, of prime quality. b (post ~onam) ? past its prime, stale, ‘off’, or ? (sold) after the usual or accustomed time. a 1303 pelles lanose de sesena det centum iiij d. EEC 166.  b 1367 in precio ‥ vinorum ‥ hospitatorum ‥ nec expenditorum ‥ et per ipsum pincernam post seisonam venditorum KR Ac 396/2 f. 41; vinorum propter ‥ diuturnam conservacionem debilitatorum et post seisonam ea de causa ad minus precium venditorum Ib.. 4 aggregate of arable lands to be devoted to a particular use in a triennial system of crop rotation, course (within such a system); b (in general) system of crop rotation (or sim. agricultural method). 1152 quando ‥ manerium reddet, hec instauramenta cum eo reddet: magnam grangiam plenam ex una parte hiemali et ex altera parte vernali blado, et totum fenum illius anni, et totam ~onem waretatam, et xl acras rebinatas, et faldicium et femicium secundum facultatem suam Dom. S. Paul. 133; 1262 sustinere omnes domos et edificia et molendinum ‥ in competenti statu et illa in fine termini ‥ sic reddere et omnes seisonas ejusdem anni integre bene seminatas similiter ‥ reddere secundum exigenciam culturarum Pat 77 m. 6; 1279 sunt etiam in dicto manerio tres seysones terre arabilis, viz: ad unam seisonam, in campo qui vocatur Watele xxx acre, in Wodecroft xv acre ‥ summa cxlij acre; ad aliam seisonam, in Hareford xlj acre ‥ summa cliij acre; ad tertiam seisonam, in Brodefelde vjxx acre dim’ ‥ summa cxl [acre] Dom. S. Paul. cxxii; c1290 quot campi sunt in dominico, et quot acre sunt in quolibet campo, et qualibet seysone distinguntur Ib. 153; c1320 an tota terra manerii ‥ cum tot carucis quot consueverunt et requiruntur, cum tot stottis et bobus et implementis, sit secundum saysones consuetas debite culta Ib. 157*; 1338 acrarum prime seisone xxxv ‥ acrarum secunde seisone lxij ‥ acrarum tercie seisone lvij RentSurv. R 79; sunt ibi de terra arabili que potest quolibet anno seminari j acra ‥ [etc.]. sunt eciam ibi de terra arabili conversa in tres seisonas ccj acre ‥ unde in una seisona, viz. in ij culturis in le Spitelfeld, lxvij acre ‥ [etc.] Surv. Denb. 230.  b 1285 habebit carucam domini ad terram suam propriam prout seysona expostulat (Terring) Cust. Suss II 25; 1411 de anno in annum omnes predicti campi ‥ jacebunt pro warecta prout seisona anni expostulaverit ‥ ita quod annuatim unus campus inde sit seminatus cum frumento et ordeo, et alius campus cum fabis et pisis, et tertius campus jaceat pro warecta (Indent.) EHR XXXVII 410.

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