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† mercimony Obs.
In 4–5 mercymonye.
[ad. L. mercimōni-um merchandise, f. merci-, merx merchandise; in med.L. also reward, from association with mercēdem (F. merci).]
1. Reward.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 126 Ac god is of a wonder wille by þat kynde witte sheweth, To ȝiue many men his mercymonye ar he it haue deserued.
2. Merchandise.
a1412Lydg. Two Merchants 31 What mercymony that men list devise, Is ther ful reedy and ful copious. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 339 They came with theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of Waltham. a1550Image Ipocr. ii. 257 in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 426 Making parsemonyes Of Peters patrimonyes But great mercymonyes Of his seremonyes. |