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caritudo

caritudo , dearth, high price, scarcity: a (of food etc.); b (prevailing at the time). Cf. 2 caristia. a 1234 ad tollendam ~inem bladi ‥ statuimus quod ‥ nullus emeret bladum in solidum ‥ postea ‥ carius vendendum Cl 552; 1254 quia maxima ~o est in partibus transmarinis de vinis Cl 284; s1258 fuit magna ~o bladi per totam estatem ita quod summa frumenti vendebatur pro xviij s. per Angliam Chr. Clun. 100; 1365 in ‥ universitate ‥ victualium regnat omnium ~o FormOx 365.  b 1258 quilibet ‥ militum ‥ debet capere quolibet die ‥ iiij s. propter ~inem temporis SelPlMan 62.

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