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† ochiern Sc. Hist.
Also 7 ochern, 9 ogtiern, oget-theyrn.
[Phonetic reduction of Gael. òigthighearna young lord (òg young, tighearna lord).]
‘A young lord, the son of a chief’ (Macleod and Dewar).
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 73 Item, the ma[r]chet of the dochter of ane Thane, or Ochiern, twa kye, or twelue schillings. Ibid. 17 b (Stat. Alex. 11, c. 15), The king allanerlie sall haue the vnlaw: that is, of ane Thane, six kye, and ane zoung kow; of ane Ochiern, fivetene zowes, or sex schillings. 1614Selden Titles Hon. 286 The Cro and the Kelchyn of them were both alike, as the Merchet of a Thanes daughter and an Ochern's... Where Earles, Earles sonnes, Thanes, Ochierns and the like are distinguisht by their Croes, the name of Baron occurrs not. 1860C. Innes Scot. in Mid. Ages vi. 181 The nephew of a thane, or an oget-theyrn, was estimated at forty-four cows. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 140 The thane, his son, and the ogtiern of the laws of the Scots and Brets..corresponding with the knight, his son, and the holder in knight's fee. |