Obs. In 2 liureisun, 4 liversoon, liuerisoun, 5 lyveresone. [a. OF. liv(e)reison, mod.F. livraison:—L. līberātiōn-em, n. of action f. līberāre to deliver, LIBERATE (cf. LIVER v.).] Delivery, deliverance, LIVERY.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 85. In þe deie of liureisun hwense god … wule windwin þet er wes iþorschen.
13[?]. K. Alis., 1011. In a castel heo was y-set, And was deliverid liversoon.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 197. Isaac þe Emperour takes his liuerisoun.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 309/1. Lyveresone, corrodium.
