warison

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Of warison, and that he wende

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  1. Healing.
  2. Protection. War thoru hym & ys men in fair wareson he broghte. Rob. of Gloucester, p. 114.
  3. Reward; guerdon; requital. And thus his warisoun he took For the lady that he forsook. Rom. of the Rose, l. 1538. Ho wol winne his wareson now wiзtly him spede Forto saue my sone. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), l. 2379. He made a erye thoroowt al the tow [n], Whedur he be zoman or knave, That cowthe brynge hym Robyn Hode, His warisone he shuld haue. Robin Hood and the Monk (Child's Ballads, V. 14).
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  • Of warison, and that he wende —  Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
  • And, as my friend Scott says, 'I sound my warison;' —  Don Juan
  • Minstrels, play up for your warison, —  The Book of Old English Ballads
  • And, as my friend Scott says, "I sound my warison;" [752] —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6
  • 3340 Bot this I seie natheles That I wol schape thin encress What worldes good that thou wolt crave Axe of my yifte and thou schalt have And sche the king with wordes wise Knelende thonketh in this wise Mi liege lord, god mot you quite Mi fader hier hath bot a lite Of warison, and that he wende Hadde al be lost; bot now amende 3350 He mai wel thurgh your noble grace With that the king riht in his place Anon forth in that freisshe hete An Erldom, which thanne of eschete Was late falle into his hond Unto this knyht with rente and lond Hath yove and with his chartre sesed And thus was all the noise appesed This Maiden, which sat on hire knes Tofore the king, hise charitees 3360 Comendeth, and seide overmore Mi liege lord, riht now tofore Ye seide, as it is of record That if my fader were a lord And Pier unto these othre grete Ye wolden for noght elles lete That I ne scholde be your wif And this wot every worthi lif A kinges word it mot ben holde Forthi, my lord, if that ye wolde 3370 So gret a charite fulfille God wot it were wel my wille For he which was a Bacheler Mi fader, is now mad a Pier So whenne as evere that I cam An Erles dowhter now I am This yonge king, which peised al Hire beaute and hir wit withal As he that was with love hent Anon therto yaf his assent. —  Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
 

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  1. from Middle English warison, warisoun, wareson, from Old French warison, guarison, garison, guard, protection, from warir, guard: see warish.
 

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