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单词 conveth
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convethn.

Forms: Also coneveth(e, cuneveth(e, conevet.
Etymology: < Irish coinmeadh, in Tigernach 1163 connmedh < *condmed billeting, infinitive or verbal noun of verb condmim I billet; compare coinnemh billeting, coynye n. (See Stokes Trans. Phil. Soc. 1890.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈconveth.
Ancient Celtic Law.
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.
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1127 Charter 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 Chartulary of St. Andrews 45 (Skene) Ab can et cuneveth et exercitu et auxilio.
1251 [Skene cites] Cain, Coneveth, Feacht, Sluaged, & Ich.
1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages iv. 121 Kain and conveth, imposts not altogether abolished till a later period.
1872 C. Innes Lect. 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.
1880 W. F. Skene 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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