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† ˈtwelter aithe Orkney and Shetland.
[ad. (after Sc. twelt twelfth a.) ON. tylftar-eiðr, f. tylft a body of twelve, a dozen + eiðr oath: cf. saxter aithe.]
An oath of twelve compurgators.
1603Lawting Court 21 July, in Peterkin Notes Orkney & Zetl. (1822) App. 35 Ordained to quit himsel of theft by the twelter-aith, because the stowth is great. |