scattaldn.
/ˈskatəld/ Orkney and Shetland.
The common ground for pasture or furnishing fuel, etc. of a district.
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1615 Acts etc. Orkney & Shetl. (1840) II. 174 Anent going throuch thair nychtbours scattell... It sall not be lesum to ony persone..to go throuch his nychtbouris scatell or comontie with ane scheip dog Except [etc.].
a1733 Shetland Acts 32 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1891–2 (1892) 26 201 That every scatald have a sufficient pund.
1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands I. 148 The uncultivated ground, outside of the enclosure [or town], is called the Scatthold, and is used for general pasture, and to furnish turf for firing.
1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 211 Beyond the turf dikes is the scattald or common.
Derivatives
ˈscattalder n. one who shares in the scattald. Also in-scattalder = ‘scattalder’; out-skattalder, a resident in the district who has no share in the scattald.
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a1733 Shetland Acts 35 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1891–2 (1892) 26 201 All horses belonging either to outscattalders or inscattalders.
a1733 Shetland Acts 39 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1891–2 (1892) 26 201 That the Sheriff..ride the marches of the parish..when required thereto by the scattalders.
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