1 gen 1692 anni - mean

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As an adjective it described possessions that were held jointly or in common, as in the case of household items or animals. 1573 <i> one lyttinge panne … meane between my sonne John and me </i>, Dalton (YRS19/156); 1579 <i> three sheep at Mattershall and half a meane sheep at Hindell </i>, Slaidburn (CS3/12); 1617 <i> the thirde parte of certeyne goodes meane between the said Jennet and Thomas Lockewood, </i> Thurstonland (HM/D/182); 1692 <i> the mettall from Barnby furnace beinge a meane stock </i>, Colne Bridge (SpSt). It was particularly common in reference to land held in common: 1483 <i> to and fro the Denfeld wich is all ther meyn field </i>, Ovenden (YRS83/152); 1608 <i> a meane dicke at flaymore syde, Hanlith </i>(DDMa); 1664 <i> one daye worke in the meane close called broomefeild </i>, Lepton (WBD/4/212). It occurs in numerous minor place-names: 1633 <i> a parcel of land or meadow, one rood being upon the meangateloyn and adjoining to certain lands called Meangateendes </i>, Holmfirth (G-A). Surviving examples are Mean Bridge in Meltham, and Meanwood in Leeds, the latter recorded as early as the thirteenth century (Th8/62).

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