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soul-scotn.Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., English gescot ; soul n., shot n.1, scot n.2 Etymology: In α. forms < soul n. + Old English gescot (see shot n.1, in β. forms probably partly shortened < α. forms and partly < soul n. + shot n.1 (compare shot n.1 IV.), in each case probably ultimately as alteration of Old English sāwolsceatt (see below). Subsequently revived in antiquarian and historical use in the 17th cent., in γ. forms with shot n.1 as the second element, and in δ. forms with scot n.2 as the second element (compare discussion of form history at both entries).In modern English forms in sawl- reflecting the Old English spelling of the first element. Compare Old English sāwolsceatt , in the same sense ( < soul n. + scat n.1):OE Wulfstan Homily: Be Cristendome (York) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 311 And saulscat is rihtast, þæt man gelæste aa æt openum græfe.OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 98 Dano [read dona], sawlsceat uel syndrig godes lac.OE Will of Wynflæd (Sawyer 1539) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 10 Man finde of þam yrfe æt Ceorlatun[e healfes] pundes wyrþne saulsceat to Mylenburnan & healfes pundes wyrþne saulscet fram Cinnuc to Gyfle.lOE Royal Charter: Eadred to Ælfsige Hunlafing (Sawyer 566) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 56 Elces þinges to freon him & his erfeweardum, buton burhbote bryggeweorces, & ferdnoðes, geþencend londagende, Ciricsceat, saulsceat, & teogeðunga.a1225 ( Will of Abp. Ælfric (Sawyer 1488) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Pt. 2 (2001) 518 Þæt is ærest him to saulsceate he becwæð into Cristes cyrcan þæt land æt Wyllan & æt Burnan & Risenbeorgas.This word was revived as an archaism by Scott in an isolated use:1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 292 For this service a splendid soul-scat was paid to the convent of Saint Edmund's by the mother of the deceased. historical after Middle English. society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person α. lOE List of Guild Members, Exeter in J. Earle (1888) 265 Þæt sawulgesceot sceulon þa canonicas habban. lOE (Rochester) i. xiii. §1. 295 Redditus, quod Angli saulgescot [c1160 Paris saulescot] uocant, quod recte persolui debet ad apertum sepulchrum. β. lOE List of Guild Members, Exeter in J. Earle (1888) 265 Æt ælcum forðfarenum gildan æt ælcum heorðe ænne penig to sawulsceote.c1175 ( (Paris) i. xiii. §1. 295 Redditus, quod Angli uocant saulescot [lOE Rochester saulgescot], quod iuste persolui debet ad apertum sepulchrum.a1195 Agreement between Convent of Church of St. Martin-le-Grand, London & Guild of Saddlers in T. Madox (1726) 27 De Saulesoth [perh. read Sauleshoth] vero & de divisis & aliis beneficiis vestris Ecclesiam Sancti Martini, in multis indigentem sicut apparet & vos videtis, rememorare, si vobis placuerit, vos precamur.γ. 1641 H. Spelman 36 It is just that the soule-shott (or money given for praying for the soule) be alwayes payd at opening of the grave.1726 J. Ayliffe 379 There was a Duty paid at Funerals by our Saxon Ancestors, which was call'd the Saxon Soul-shot.1775 J. Whitaker II. xi. 433 But the soul-shot was occasional, and the oblations were uncertain.1806 J. Lingard II. viii. 76 The body was deposited..in the grave, the sawlshot paid.1896 A. Austin ii. iii. 52 Whoever falls Fighting for England, soul-shot sure shall be.1922 S. H. Allen (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 18 Not only were there tithes, but kirk shot, plough alms, and soul-shot, the last named a burial fee.1963 32 270 The payment of Church dues—tithes, ‘plough alms’,..‘soul-shot’..—are..[some of the] topics of Edgar's second code.δ. 1670 T. Blount (ed. 3) Soul-scot (Sax.), money paid to the parish Priest at the opening the grave, for the good and behoof of the deceased's Soul.1720 J. Johnson I. Index Soul-Scot, due while the Grave is open.1766 W. Blackstone II. xxviii. 425 The second best chattel was reserved to the church as a mortuary:..And therefore in the laws of king Canute this mortuary is called soul-scot..or symbolum animae.1874 W. Stubbs I. viii. 229 The clergy received..church-scot; and..soul-scot or mortuary-dues.1892 J. C. Blomfield 84 Mortuaries, ‘soul-scot’ or ‘corse-presents’, which are a kind of ecclesiastical heriot.1911 21 594 The exact relation of soul-scot to the canonically irregular but continuously existing burial fees is fully discussed.1964 H. P. R. Finberg xi. 199 Such gifts are not easily distinguishable from the ‘soul-scot’, which was a church due, regulated by law, and payable to the minister which had a right to it.2006 S. Wood xv. 481 Tithes, church-scot, Peter's Pence, light dues, plough-alms, soul-scot and the rest were lumped together as ‘customs’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOE |