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English
Etymology
From Scots teind (“tenth”), from Middle English tende, variant of tenthe (“tenth”); see that entry for more.
Noun
teind (plural teinds)
- (Scotland) A tithe.
1731, Alexander Baine, Notes, for the Use of the Students of the Municipal Law in:That in the cale where the Teind was set separately from the Stock, the Duty was commonly far above the true Value of what was paid for the Teind
1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 195:What have I been paying stipend and teind parsonage and vicarage for, ever sin' the aughty-nine, an' I canna get a spell of a prayer for't, the only time I ever asked for ane in my life?
Verb
teind (third-person singular simple present teinds, present participle teinding, simple past and past participle teinded)
- (Scotland, transitive) To tithe.
References
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
teind
- Alternative form of tenthe
Noun
teind
- Alternative form of tenthe
Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tenthe.
Noun
teind (plural teinds)
- A tenth.
- A tithe.
References
- “teind, n.1, v.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “tend, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.