单词 | umboth |
释义 | † umbothn. Orkney and Shetland. Obsolete. 1. Agency, procuratory, part (in affairs). ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship bailliec1305 bailieshipc1375 dispensingc1380 dispensationc1384 dispending1388 procuracya1425 procuration1484 umboth1509 stewardship1526 proctorship1535 stewarding1548 bailiwick1550 farmership1551 factory1560 agency1600 bailiffwick1605 agentship1608 factorage1639 proctorage1641 oeconomacy1651 soliciting1663 stewartrya1763 factordom1888 1509 Earldom of Orkney (S.H.S.) 84 Schir Nycol Haucru,..persone of Orphare, in his said fadaris umbuth. 1510 in Scottish Jrnl. Topog. etc. II. 88 Sir Vilȝem Sinclar..sueand for Justice Rychert Sinclar, in ye umbuss of Jhone Adesone one ye tayne part, and Vilȝam flet in h[i]s awyne umbuss on ye tother part. 2. (See quots. a1688 and a17601.) Also umboth duty, umboth tithe. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > tithe > types of privy tithe?1529 parsonage1568 umboth1577 agistment tithe1781 1577 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 648 To pay the Bischoppis dewitie callit the bischoppis umbois in Zeitland, quhilk he hes in tak and assedatioun. a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 94 Umboth, the great Tiend of either half of the Parish: so called because every other year it was changed with the Minister for his half: for the word Umboth signifieth time about. a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1786) vii. 64 That rent called Umboth duty, that is the bishop's rents of Zetland, for which..the bishop has the equivalent rent in Orkney. a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1786) vii. 64 The Umboth tythes are for the most part a rental tythe. a1800 MS. Acc. Lands Unst 2 (Jam.) In the Parish of Unst, the teind of which being umboth, or free parsonage teind, is..payable to Lord Dundas,..who has right to the Bishop's reserved teinds. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands I. iv. 163 The corn teind is divided between the minister and the proprietor of the crown rents, and the share of the latter is denominated umbith or umboth duty. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 135 Umboth, a term applied to teind or tithe of an alternate description. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1509 |
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