prisus

prisus [cf.OF pris=p. ppl. of prendre < CL pre(he)ndere; prisa < ME, OF prise+-us], ~ius 1 (as p. ppl.) taken, seized, or exacted as prise, prised, requisitioned. 1327 solvendo pro quolibet dolio, sic ~o, viginti solidos (Cl) Foed. IV 273. 2 (as sb. m.) one who is held captive, prisoner, or hostage. 1242 Amblardus ‥ tempore guerre ‥ stetit in servicio nostro et est in treuga nostra tanquam unus de ~iis nostris RGasc I 127a..