polle1 (c.1433)

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polle1 (c.1433)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: ; Gdf: 6,265a poll; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  poll; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  poll n.1; MED:  polle n.; DMLBS: ]
 
M.E.; Dutch (?)

The word’s primary sense – ‘part of the head on which the hair grows’ (OED I.1.a; c.1300) – is not attested in Anglo-Norman. By extension, the word also referred to a ‘person or individual’ attested in English (MED 2, c.1325).

s.

chalenge a les polles
1lawchallenge to the polls, objection made to the jurymen individually
( c.1433 )  le bailly [...] avera chescun challenge a l’arrey et a lez polles come son maister avera etc. ajugé  i 27.22
( 1466 )  purceo lez partiez n’averount lour challenge a l’array entier, mes a lez polles  53.30
( 1469 )  [...] aprés que parcell de l’arraye soit jurrié el serra receu de challenge lez pollez que furent jurré adevaunt  i 72.20
pollard 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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