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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Demayn(e, Demain(e, n. [ME. demayn(e, demeyn(e, etc. (c 1300), AF. demeyne, -eine, OF. demeine, -aine.] Landed property held and occupied by the owner. In demayne, in demesne. 1391 Lennox Mun. 43.
That Schir Murthow … sal indow hir in the barony of Redehall … in tenandrie and in demayn 1398 Acts I. 212/1.
All gudis, catale, & landys, alswele demayn as other landis 1398 Liber Melros 489.
My forsaide land … als wele my demaynis as husbandrys and tenandryis 1410 Red Bk. Menteith II. 281.
For the quhilk mariage the said Erle of Douglas sal gif heritablely, … twa hundreth markis worth of land in to properte and demain c1420 Wynt. ii. 366.
Off Egypte all the tennandrys He redemyt thare agayne, And mayde thame to the kyng demayne Ib. v. 3058.
Octaveus … held the kynrik in demayne 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Pannagium.
Ane pairt of the Kings demaine, or propertie, given to his second, or vther ȝounger sonne, or cousin