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estrai (1234)

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  FEW:  strata 12,291b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  estree 1 (estrai)  DMF:  estari 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  astray n.  / estray n. and a.  / stray n.  MED:  astrai n.  DMLBS: ∅
estraie;  extrai,  estraue  Ed II xxv 123  

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1lawlivestockstray animal, livestock that is found ownerless (and therefore can be seized): 
( 1383-84 )  (income from) relefs, echetes, weyfs, estrayfs, chatel de futif  iii 177
♦ lawagricultural legal right to seize stray animals, livestock that is found ownerless: 
( 1339 )  par resoun de quel manoir il cleyme aver estray  13-14 Ed III 137
en estrai
1gone astray, wayward: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Kant les (=young men who have been false in love) vey si en estray, Une chançon lur feray Dunt se porrunt aviser  251.14
par estrai
1lawlivestockas stray animals: 
( 1234 )  bestes qui venunt par estrai et entrentes [sic] saunc garde de pasture  ii 1186
clamer estrai
1lawlivestockto claim the right to a stray animal: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  [...] si qe nul ne puse clamer estray  i 216
waif et, u estrai
1 lawlivestock property or livestock that is found ownerless (and can therefore be seized): 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  weyf ou estray nent chalengez de eynz le an et le jour si soit al seignur de la fraunchise  i 67
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [...] si ascun voille soun larcin cuverer par avouerie de estrai ou de weif [...]  102
( 1375 )  la dite ville et suburbes, ové chatealx des futifs et des felones, wayf et extray, fynes et amercementz  384
estraier#1  estraier#2  strai 
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