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Priso(u)ning, vbl. n. Also: priss- and -onyng, -ounyng. [ME prisuning (Cursor M.), prisounyng (Wyclif), e.m.E. prysonning (1561): cf. Preso(u)ning.] The fact of being imprisoned or the act of imprisoning or incarcerating another; imprisonment, confinement. 14.. Acts I 109/2.
He sal be punyst be sar prisounyng 1456 Hay I 226/29.
Furtherly spekis the doctour of prisounyng, quhethir gif a witles man … may be … haldyn prisonere 1494 Loutfut MS 110 b.
Wnder the pane of tynsall of thair wapinnis & prisonyng of thair personis 1531 Bell. Boece II 103.
Ferquhart, vexit … be his prisoning … slew himself 1563 Digest Justiciary Proc. E 6.
For the allegit takin and prisoning of John Johnsoun 1582 Glasgow B. Rec. I 97.
Under the pane of … prissonyng of thair persownes
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