† mackallown.

Forms: pre-1700 mackallow, pre-1700 mackhallow, pre-1700 mackhelve, pre-1700 makhelve, pre-1700 mchaive, pre-1700 meikalow, 1700s macalive, 1700s mackalive.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Early Irish. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymons: Early Irish mac(c)slabrae; Scottish Gaelic macaladh.

Etymology: Of Celtic origin: in forms makhelve , etc., probably ultimately < Early Irish mac(c)slabrae ‘son-cattle, son-dowry’ < macc son (see Mac n.¹) + slabrae stock, dowry; in forms mackallow, etc., perhaps independently from or after Scottish Gaelic macaladh fostering < mac son + àlaich nourish, nurse (compare Early Irish ailid nourishes, rears, fosters).

Scottish. Obsolete.

An allocation of cattle which is entrusted to a foster-parent, to be maintained for the benefit of the foster-child.

ΚΠ

1580 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 224 The said father and foster father giving between them of makhelve guddis in donation to the said bairn at Beltane thereafter the value of two hundred merks of ky [etc.].

1671 Contract in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. 30 (1896) 22 The makhelve is 9 ky.

1678 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. 30 (1896) 20 Whilk wholl mackallow goods..the said Duncan and Margret oblidges them..to gress and pastur and hird to the behoofe of ther said foster.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 314 These beasts are considered as a portion, and called Macalive cattle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mackallow
释义	† mackallown. Forms: pre-1700 mackallow, pre-1700 mackhallow, pre-1700 mackhelve, pre-1700 makhelve, pre-1700 mchaive, pre-1700 meikalow, 1700s macalive, 1700s mackalive. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Early Irish. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymons: Early Irish mac(c)slabrae; Scottish Gaelic macaladh. Etymology: Of Celtic origin: in forms makhelve , etc., probably ultimately < Early Irish mac(c)slabrae ‘son-cattle, son-dowry’ < macc son (see Mac n.¹) + slabrae stock, dowry; in forms mackallow, etc., perhaps independently from or after Scottish Gaelic macaladh fostering < mac son + àlaich nourish, nurse (compare Early Irish ailid nourishes, rears, fosters). Scottish. Obsolete. An allocation of cattle which is entrusted to a foster-parent, to be maintained for the benefit of the foster-child. ΚΠ 1580 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 224 The said father and foster father giving between them of makhelve guddis in donation to the said bairn at Beltane thereafter the value of two hundred merks of ky [etc.]. 1671 Contract in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. 30 (1896) 22 The makhelve is 9 ky. 1678 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. 30 (1896) 20 Whilk wholl mackallow goods..the said Duncan and Margret oblidges them..to gress and pastur and hird to the behoofe of ther said foster. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 314 These beasts are considered as a portion, and called Macalive cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1580
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