outlawerie
Middle English
Alternative forms
- outelawery, outelawrie, outelawry, outlaweri, utlawrye
- outlary, owtelary, utlagare (after Anglo-Norman)
- owtlawry (Promptorium Parvulorum); owtlaurye, owtlawrye (Suffolk)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie and Medieval Latin ūtlagāria, ūtlāria, but often remodelled as if outlawe (“outlaw, exile”) + -erie (“-ery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌuːtˌlau̯(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈuːtˌlau̯(ə)riː(ə)/
- (after Anglo-Norman) IPA(key): /ˌuːtla(ː)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈuːtla(ː)riː(ə)/
Noun
outlawerie (uncountable) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- Outlawing or exile; the act of removal from legal protection or jurisdiction.
Descendants
- English: outlawry
References
- “ǒutlauerī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.