lowyn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊi/, U.S.

/ˈloʊi/

Forms: 1500s lowie, 1500s– lowy, 1800s lowey.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French loee.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman loee, luwé, louee, Anglo-Norman and Middle French liué (Middle French, French lieue ) league (12th cent. in Old French as liuee ), liberty extending for about a league outside a town (1415 or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < post-classical Latin leucata , leugata measure of distance, league, area of jurisdiction extending one league around a town (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < leuca league n.¹ + classical Latin -āta -ate suffix¹.

Now historical.

A liberty (liberty n.¹ 6c(a)) that extends around a castle, abbey, or similar, usually for about a league.Chiefly with reference to prominent castles and abbeys in Kent and Sussex.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > with adjoining territory > adjoining territory

territorya1398

freedom1423

liberty?1435

terroira1460

territor1466

fielda1533

lowy1576

nomarchy1656

territorium1720

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 329 Round about the Towne of Tunbridge, lyeth a territorie, or compasse of ground, commonly called, the Lowy, but written in the auncient Recordes and Hystories Leucata [printed peucata], or Leuga, and being (in deede) a French League of ground.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 98 The Port of Hastings ought to finde three ships. The lowie of Peuensey, one.

1659 R. Kilburne Topogr. Kent 277 In the time of King William Rufus, Richard..had..this Town [sc. Tunbridge], and the Lowy about it.

1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent Pref. ij/2 Captain George Weller, of Tunbridge, [did..oblige me with many useful Communications] with regard to the Ancient Liberties and Extent of the Lowy of that Name.

1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 257 In Ripon the Archbishop has the Lowy of St. Wilfrid.

1873 J. Lewis Digest Eng. Census 1871 187 Sussex is divided into six Rapes; and it comprises sixty-six hundreds, the Lowey of Pevensey, the city of Chichester, [etc.].

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 167/1 This abbey possessed..the ‘Lowy of Battle’, a district extending for 3 m. round the abbey.

1990 Agric. Hist. Rev. 38 30/2 The Lowy (or juridical liberty) of Tonbridge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lowy
释义	lowyn. Brit. /ˈləʊi/, U.S. /ˈloʊi/ Forms: 1500s lowie, 1500s– lowy, 1800s lowey. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French loee. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman loee, luwé, louee, Anglo-Norman and Middle French liué (Middle French, French lieue ) league (12th cent. in Old French as liuee ), liberty extending for about a league outside a town (1415 or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < post-classical Latin leucata , leugata measure of distance, league, area of jurisdiction extending one league around a town (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < leuca league n.¹ + classical Latin -āta -ate suffix¹. Now historical. A liberty (liberty n.¹ 6c(a)) that extends around a castle, abbey, or similar, usually for about a league.Chiefly with reference to prominent castles and abbeys in Kent and Sussex. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > with adjoining territory > adjoining territory territorya1398 freedom1423 liberty?1435 terroira1460 territor1466 fielda1533 lowy1576 nomarchy1656 territorium1720 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 329 Round about the Towne of Tunbridge, lyeth a territorie, or compasse of ground, commonly called, the Lowy, but written in the auncient Recordes and Hystories Leucata [printed peucata], or Leuga, and being (in deede) a French League of ground. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 98 The Port of Hastings ought to finde three ships. The lowie of Peuensey, one. 1659 R. Kilburne Topogr. Kent 277 In the time of King William Rufus, Richard..had..this Town [sc. Tunbridge], and the Lowy about it. 1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent Pref. ij/2 Captain George Weller, of Tunbridge, [did..oblige me with many useful Communications] with regard to the Ancient Liberties and Extent of the Lowy of that Name. 1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 257 In Ripon the Archbishop has the Lowy of St. Wilfrid. 1873 J. Lewis Digest Eng. Census 1871 187 Sussex is divided into six Rapes; and it comprises sixty-six hundreds, the Lowey of Pevensey, the city of Chichester, [etc.]. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 167/1 This abbey possessed..the ‘Lowy of Battle’, a district extending for 3 m. round the abbey. 1990 Agric. Hist. Rev. 38 30/2 The Lowy (or juridical liberty) of Tonbridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576
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