† lessilver Obs.
[Etym., sense, and form doubtful. The form lef-silver in 1706, possibly the original, would point to leave n.1 Cf. lady-silver (ladesilver), lathe silver (s.v. lathe n.1 b).]
| 1287 Placit. Essexi Rot. 6 in Placit. Abbr. (1811) 212 De..aliis pascentibus..pro quolibet equo ii den. pullano..quinque bidentibus i den. que præstacio vocatur Lessylver. c 1300 Battle Abbey Custumals (Camden) 60 Debet etiam quilibet eorum pro quolibet animali ætate duorum annorum vel amplius, dare domino ad festum Sancti Johannis Baptistæ unum denarium quod vocatur Lesselver. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Danger..In the Forest-Law, a Duty paid by the Tenants to the Lord, for leave to plough and sow in the time of Pannage, or Mast-feeding. In some Places, it is call'd Lef-silver, or Lyef-silver. |