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‖ ˈconveth Anc. Celtic Law.
Also coneveth(e, cuneveth(e, conevet.
[a. Irish coinmeadh, in Tigernach 1163 connmedh:—*condmed billeting, inf. or vbl. n. of vb. condmim I billet; cf. coinnemh billeting, coyny. (See Stokes Trans. Phil. Soc. 1890.)]
One of the burdens upon land in Scotland under the Celtic kings: see quot. 1880.
See also various early examples in Skene Celtic Scotl. III. 227–32.
1127Charter of Robert Bp. of St. Andrews, in Chart. Coldingh. 41 Concessimus et confirmavimus ecclesiam de Coldingham liberam et quietam..ab omni..consuetudine et cana et cunevethe, atque ab omni servitio quod ad nos pertinet. c1190,1251[see cain]. 1860C. Innes Scotland in Middle Ages iv. 121 Kain and conveth, imposts not altogether abolished till a later period. 1872― Sc. Legal Antiq. II. 205 Conveth seems to have been a due collected by a lord from his vassals, perhaps on the occasion of journeys. Malcolm the Fourth granted to the canons of Scone..this privilege, that no one should take conveth from their men and lands except with their consent. 1880Skene Celtic Scotl. III. 232 Conveth..came to signify a night's meal or refection given by the occupiers of the land to their superior when passing through his territory, which was exigible four times in the year; and when the tribe territory came to be recognized as crown land, it became a fixed food contribution charged upon each ploughgate of land. |