merchetn.

Brit.

/ˈməːtʃɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmərtʃət/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s 1800s– merchet, 1500s–1700s marchet; Scottish pre-1700 marcheit, pre-1700 marchet, pre-1700 market, pre-1700 mercheat, pre-1700 mercheit, pre-1700 merchet, pre-1700 merchete, pre-1700 merchett, pre-1700 merchiatte, pre-1700 merchiete, pre-1700 merchiett, pre-1700 merchite, pre-1700 mershet, pre-1700 mershete.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Welsh. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Welsh merched, merch; French merchet; Latin mercheta, merchetum.

Etymology: Probably < Old Welsh merched, plural of merch daughter, girl, wife (attested from 12th cent.: see marry v.), perhaps via Anglo-Norman merchet (13th cent. or earlier) or post-classical Latin mercheta, merchetum, marchettum (from 13th cent. in British sources; late 12th cent. as mercheitum). Compare Welsh gobr merch merchet (14th cent.).It is uncertain whether the following earlier instances should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:a1189 Customs Newcastle-upon-Tyne in W. Stubbs Select Charters (1870) 108 In burgo non est merchet, nec heriet, nec blodwit, nec stengesdint.a1195 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) App. p. xlii In burgo non debet blodwite nec merchete nec heriot nec stengesduit [read stengesdint] exigi.a1425 ( in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1882) I. 52 [List of rights and privileges granted to a church]: wrek, weyf, stray, merchet, [etc.].

Feudal Law. Now archaic and historical.

A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for the right to give his daughter in marriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of giving daughter in marriage

merchet1493

daughterhood1771

1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 291/2 For þe wrangwis..awaytakin & withhaldin fra þaim of certane hereȝeldis bludwetis & merchetis.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 5711 in Wks. (1931) I. 367 Ȝe Lordis and Baronis,..That ȝour pure Tennantis dois oppres..With merchetis of thare marriage.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 258/1 in Chron. I Halfe a marke of siluer to bee payde to the Lorde of the soyle, in redemption of the womans chastitie, which..is called the marchets of women.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 73 And she be the dochter of ane frie man,..her marchet sall be ane kow, or sax schillings.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 73 The marchet of the dochter of ane Earle perteines to the Queene, and is twelue kye.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 140 Euerie tenant..shall pay to the Lord, for the marriage of his daughter without licence, a Fine; and it is called Marchet.

1669 Burnett Family Papers in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) To be haldin in..bloodwittis, merchietts of marrage [etc.].

1891 L. O. Pike in Year Bk. Reign Edw. III: Year XV Introd. p. xix Villeins..were bound to perform all kinds of villein customs for their land, to pay tallage at the king's will, and to give Merchet...they..had..been accustomed to give Merchet on the marriage of their sons and daughters.

1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. 15 31 Merchet is a more steady test [of a man's villainage], but even this is not always trustworthy.

1961 J. Unett Making Pedigree v. 43 A study of manor rolls..leads the searcher..into a study of merchets and heriots, and the day-to-day running of the manor.

1977 Canto 1 34 His own cursing yeoman forebears hadn't been amerced with a blacker set of reliefs and merchets..and hearth-penny on Holy Thursday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merchet
释义	merchetn. Brit. /ˈməːtʃɪt/, U.S. /ˈmərtʃət/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s 1800s– merchet, 1500s–1700s marchet; Scottish pre-1700 marcheit, pre-1700 marchet, pre-1700 market, pre-1700 mercheat, pre-1700 mercheit, pre-1700 merchet, pre-1700 merchete, pre-1700 merchett, pre-1700 merchiatte, pre-1700 merchiete, pre-1700 merchiett, pre-1700 merchite, pre-1700 mershet, pre-1700 mershete. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Welsh. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Welsh merched, merch; French merchet; Latin mercheta, merchetum. Etymology: Probably < Old Welsh merched, plural of merch daughter, girl, wife (attested from 12th cent.: see marry v.), perhaps via Anglo-Norman merchet (13th cent. or earlier) or post-classical Latin mercheta, merchetum, marchettum (from 13th cent. in British sources; late 12th cent. as mercheitum). Compare Welsh gobr merch merchet (14th cent.).It is uncertain whether the following earlier instances should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:a1189 Customs Newcastle-upon-Tyne in W. Stubbs Select Charters (1870) 108 In burgo non est merchet, nec heriet, nec blodwit, nec stengesdint.a1195 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) App. p. xlii In burgo non debet blodwite nec merchete nec heriot nec stengesduit [read stengesdint] exigi.a1425 ( in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1882) I. 52 [List of rights and privileges granted to a church]: wrek, weyf, stray, merchet, [etc.]. Feudal Law. Now archaic and historical. A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for the right to give his daughter in marriage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of giving daughter in marriage merchet1493 daughterhood1771 1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 291/2 For þe wrangwis..awaytakin & withhaldin fra þaim of certane hereȝeldis bludwetis & merchetis. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 5711 in Wks. (1931) I. 367 Ȝe Lordis and Baronis,..That ȝour pure Tennantis dois oppres..With merchetis of thare marriage. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 258/1 in Chron. I Halfe a marke of siluer to bee payde to the Lorde of the soyle, in redemption of the womans chastitie, which..is called the marchets of women. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 73 And she be the dochter of ane frie man,..her marchet sall be ane kow, or sax schillings. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 73 The marchet of the dochter of ane Earle perteines to the Queene, and is twelue kye. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 140 Euerie tenant..shall pay to the Lord, for the marriage of his daughter without licence, a Fine; and it is called Marchet. 1669 Burnett Family Papers in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) To be haldin in..bloodwittis, merchietts of marrage [etc.]. 1891 L. O. Pike in Year Bk. Reign Edw. III: Year XV Introd. p. xix Villeins..were bound to perform all kinds of villein customs for their land, to pay tallage at the king's will, and to give Merchet...they..had..been accustomed to give Merchet on the marriage of their sons and daughters. 1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. 15 31 Merchet is a more steady test [of a man's villainage], but even this is not always trustworthy. 1961 J. Unett Making Pedigree v. 43 A study of manor rolls..leads the searcher..into a study of merchets and heriots, and the day-to-day running of the manor. 1977 Canto 1 34 His own cursing yeoman forebears hadn't been amerced with a blacker set of reliefs and merchets..and hearth-penny on Holy Thursday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1493
随便看	yeoman of the halter yeoman of the horse yeoman of the king's bows yeoman of the larder yeoman of the offices yeoman of the powder-room yeoman of the powderroom yeoman of the revels yeoman of the robes yeoman of the salt-stores yeoman of the saltstores yeoman of the sauces yeoman of the sheets yeoman of the signals yeoman of the stable yeoman of the stirrup yeoman of the stole yeoman of the stool yeoman of the store-room yeoman of the storeroom yeoman of the tents yeoman of the wardrobe yeoman pandemain-baker yeoman pandemainbaker yeoman porter