单词 | beltane-cow |
释义 | Beltane-cown. Law (now historical and rare). In Lancashire: a payment in cattle made at the beginning of May every three years, apparently for grazing rights. Cf. Beltane n. ΚΠ 1314 in W. Farrer Lancs. Inquests, Extents, & Feudal Aids: Pt. 2 (1907) 23 [Of] Beltancou [this year which..only falls each third year]... [The custom called] Beltankou [at the term of Michaelmas]. 1323–4 in W. Farrer Lancs. Inquests (1907) 176 [Of a custom called] Beltoncow. 1926 Eng. Hist. Rev. 41 29 The normal township rents of cornage and vacca de metreth, which here take the names of cowmale and beltancu. 1963 W. Rees in Angles & Britons 161 At Singleton in Lancashire there is a record of the payment of the Beltancu, paid, significantly at the Feast of Beltan on 1 May. 2014 D. Banham & R. Faith Anglo-Saxon Farms & Farming vii. 158 ‘Neatgeld’ and ‘Beltane-cow’, paid to lords of shires for grazing rights, were payable at Beltane, the first of May, the traditional date for the beginning of summer pasturing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1314 |
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