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† schynd, skynd Orkney and Shetland. Obs.
Also schoind, schownd, shynd.
[repr. ON. skyn perception, in MSw. examination, inquiry.]
See quot. 1859. Also attrib.
1576in Oppress. Orkney & Zetld. (1859) 58 For making of the divisioun of the said airschip, callit ane Scheind. Ibid., The Laird compellit him to pay ane ox pryce, viz.—thre dolouris, for his scheind fee. 1592Ibid. 102 Ane breiff of divisioun, callit in Denmark and Norroway ane Shownd Bill. 1809A. Edmondston View Zetl. Isl. I. iii. 130 Documents..established by what is called a Shynd or Soind Bill. 1859D. Balfour Ibid. Gloss. 128 Schynd, Schoind, Schownd, an Inquest of Thingmen to examine, sanction, and confirm all procedure respecting the Succession, Impignoration, or Alienation of Heritage; anciently by a vivâ voce doom, but frequently (after the accession of the Scottish Jarls) by a Skynd-bref or ‘Schynd Bill’. 1866T. Edmonston Shetl. Gloss 101 Shynd, a court of law. 1883J. R. Tudor Orkneys & Shetl. ii. 18 If disputes arose as to the due division of the property, it was settled by a Schynd, or inquest held by the Odallers who constituted the local Thing or court of the district. |