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Oblis(s)ing, vbl. n. Also: -yng(e, -yn(e, oblys(s)yng, obelysinge, obles(s)ing, obleissing. [ME. oblishyng (Wyclif).]
1. A binding contract, undertaking or oath, or the document expressing this. = Obligatio(u)n n. 1, 2 and 2 b.Also band of oblissing.(1) 1400–1 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 44.
Agaynes hys oblisyng to me made be hys lettre and his seal c1420 Wynt. viii. 1688.
Jhon the Ballyoll off Scotland He gert call thare as kyng To cum and hald hys oblysyng [C. oblisynge] 1422 Fam. Rose 125.
We haf herd … that ye wald be releschit of your oblising til us of the saide mariage 1426 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 202.
To faleye … to fulfille the forsaid couenandis and oblisingis 1441–2 Foulis Chart. MS. (Reg. H.) 18 Jan.
Giff it happin me … to brek my manrent ande obelysinge maid to my forsaide lorde 1456 Hay I. 253/24.
He … that is King of Napples mon … mak speciale aith and oblissing to the Pape as specale lord soverane till him 1456–7 Reg. Dunferm. 341.
Of my bidding in his hand I haue gevin gude faith and bodely oblising a1500 Henr. Fab. 2277 (Ch.).
‘Gaif I my hand or oblissing?’ quod he a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 272.
He sall at my agane cumyng Mak homage and oblissing 1474 Reg. Morton II. 223.
Oblisyngis 1478 Reg. Cupar A. I. 209.
Throw the sad oblisyn he sal kep the mylland fra guld c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 77/23. 1491 Acta Conc. I. 169/1. a1500 Prestis of Peblis 954. 1562-3 Winȝet I. 60/29.
Because Johne Knox apperis to schaw that … he labouris to fulfill his oblising Ib. 107/26.
To mak mony maist large promissis and oblissingis, knit with word, writt, walx and seil 1564–5 Linlithgow Sheriff Ct. 3 Feb.
Contenit in ane act & oblissing maid thairupone 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 75. 1578 Inverness Rec. I. 260.(b) a1500 Prestis of Peblis 960.
Efter sa strait ane oblessing and aith 1535 Stewart 38967.
Siclike to thame the Scottis also maid Ane obleissing … With mort battell tha sould neuir thame persew 1567 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 234.
Oblesing(2) 1543 Breadalbane Doc. No. 56.
Johne Campbell … hes gevin ws his band of oblising and manrent
b. The fact of having pledged or committed as security (one's goods). = Obligatio(u)n n. 2 c. 1499 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 97.
The said Robert has haldin vp his hande to keip ferme … wndir the pane and oblising of all his gudis 1505 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 108.
Undir the ipoteik and oblising of ale our guds 1508 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 333.
Ferm … under oblessing of all my guddis 1582–3 Perth B. Ct. 2 Feb.
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2. Legal or moral constraint, compulsion or commitment. = Obligatio(u)n n. 3. c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 71/28.
Nocht beand walkryf in my hert to consider my caise and oblising to gud werkis 1519 Buccleuch Mun. II. 134.
Quhatsumeuer thyngis … richwislye ledis to be done vnder the payne and oblisyne of the lawe neidful
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