† kelchynn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
In ancient Scottish law: One of the mulcts or payments exacted in compensation for homicide. (Cf. cro n.)
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kelchyn1609
feud-bote1681
blood-wealth1940
a1200 Regiam Maj. iv. lvii, in Acts Parl. Scot. I. 300 Kelchyn unius comitis est sexaginta sex et duæ partes unius vaccæ.]
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem iv. xxxviii, Item Kelchyn of ane Earle is thriescore sax kye, and halfe ane kow... Ane husband-man [L. rusticus] has na Kelchyn. Gif the wife of ane frie man is slane, her husband sall haue the Kelchyn, and her friend[s] sall haue the Cro and Galnes. Item, gif the wife of ane husband-man [L. rustici] is slane, the Lord of the land quhare she duelles sall haue the Kelchyn, and her kinsmen sall haue the Cro and the Galnes.
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