seura

seura [OF s(o)iëur < OF s(o)ier < CL secare; cf. et. AN sior, seur = reaper], form of agricultural service, (prob.) reaping, reaping-service (unless to be connected w. ME souen ‘to sow’). c1210 [tenet] pro ‥ arura quarte partis acre Anglice et ~a j hominis per diem Fees 40; 1219 relaxavi etiam duas ~as Cart. Worc. 158; 1240 relaxavi etiam ij ~as ‥ unam ad hibernagium cum vij hominibus et aliam ad tramesium cum totidem Reg. Pri. Worc. 9b.

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