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betagh

betagh noun: a tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.

Noun

betagh (plural betaghs)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.
    • Their unfree status meant not only unfavourable tenurial conditions for the betaghs but also incapacity to plead on their own behalf in the king's courts where they were represented instead by their lord.1999, Brendan Smith, Colonisation and Conquest in Medieval Ireland: The English in Louth, 1170-1330, Cambridge University Press, page 79

Forms of betagh

pluralbetaghs

Origin of betagh

From Irish biatach, from Middle Irish bíatach (“providing food”), ultimately from bíad (“food”).

Questions about betagh

What does betagh mean?
Betagh means a tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.
What part of speech is betagh?
Betagh is a noun.
What is the plural of betagh?
The plural of betagh is betaghs.

Words near betagh in the dictionary

  1. betafunction
  2. betafunctions
  3. betag
  4. betagged
  5. betagging
  6. betagh
  7. betaghs
  8. betaglobin
  9. betaglobins
  10. betaglucosidase
  11. betaglycan

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