单词 | sister part |
释义 | > as lemmassister part sister part n. Scottish (now historical) (in Orkney and Shetland) a daughter's share of heritable property; (hence) a small or unfair portion.Under the freehold system of Orkney and Shetland (see udal n.), a daughter's share was equivalent to half that of a son's. ΚΠ 1514 in Orkney & Shetland Rec. (1907) I. 255 And the said Schir William to louse a sistyr part of the forsaid laundis and heretage. 1529 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 210 The ful price of my sister part of land and heritage efter the decese of my fader. 1610 in A. Peterkin Notes Orkney & Zetland (1822) I. App. 96 Quhan ony landitman..depairtit this mortall lyffe, the haill lands and heretage appertening to him..war equallie and lauchfullie divydit amangis his haill bairnis, alswell sones as dochteris, comptand alwayis twa sistars partis for ane brotheris pairt. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 584 The son got two merks, and the daughter one; hence the sister part, a common proverb in Shetland to this day. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 102 Sister-part, the portion of a daughter. 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. 118 Sister-pairt, the portion of a daughter—the half of a brother's part; less than one's right; the smallest part. (Under the udal system, a man's property was divided among all his children, a son getting double the portion of a daughter: hence ‘sister-pairt’ is used metaphorically.) 2001 W. P. L. Thomson New Hist. Orkney (ed. 2) 269 Robert was also accused of altering the law regarding the sister-part in udal. < as lemmas |
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