manrent

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots manrent, from Northern Middle English manreden, from Old English manrǣden. Doublet of manred.

Noun

manrent (countable and uncountable, plural manrents)

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  1. (historical, Scotland) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
    • 2003, Christine Peters, Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640‎, page 25:
      Although there is no precise statistical analysis of assythments, bonds of manrent were only very rarely used in such circumstances.

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