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† ˈbyrthynsak Sc. Law. Obs.
Forms: 2–3 berthynsak, 3 byrthynsak, berthinsak, (6–7 byrthinsak, berthinsek, birdinsek, burdingseck, burdensack).
[Derived by Skene (1609) from burden n. + sack, and explained accordingly; but no reference to a ‘sack’ appears in the original passages in the Assisæ of William the Lion (and its vernacular version), or in the Regiam Majestatem. The early vernacular form byrthynsak, berthinsak, appears to be f. OE. byrðen burthen + sacu legal process, action at law, jurisdiction. But the latinized forms iburþenenseca, yburþananseca, present features not easily explained.]
(See quots.)
1177Assise Regis Willelmi xiii [earliest MS. a 1300], De Iburþenenseca seu Berthynsak id est de furto vituli vel arietis vel quantum quis supra dorsum suum portare poterit. 15th c. transl. Of byrthynsak þat is to say of þe thyft of a calf or of a ram or how mekil as a man may ber on his bak þar is na court to be haldyn. a1400Reg. Maj. (1844) iv. 12 De berthinsak seu yburþananseca. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. [Scotch transl.] 68 Table, Bvrdingseck, be the Law of burdingseck, na man sould be hanged for sa meikill of stollen meat, as he may beare in ane seck vpon his back: as for ane scheepe or ane calfe. 1658in Phillips. |