heriot
/ˈhɛɹɪət/
heriot noun: the return of military equipment.
Noun
heriot (plural heriots)
Verb
heriot (third-person singular simple present heriots, present participle herioting, simple past and past participle herioted)
- To pay the heriot on (a piece of real estate) after the death of the previous tenant (such as one's parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent).
- Page 174, line 25. Perhaps the Richard Longebothome here mentioned was the same man as the Richard who herioted the property in 1509. Apr. 23, I Hen. VIII (1509). Ric. Longebothome paid xxiijˢ iiijᵈ [23s 4d] fine for license of herioting one messuage called Longebothome, one cottage, and 40 acres...1904, Halifax Wills: Being Abstracts and Translations of the Wills Registered at York from the Parish of Halifax, volume 2, Halifax, West Yorkshire
- 1417. Henry Rishworth formerly held two oxgangs in Hipperholme, Osbarn rode, lands in Coley, etc. His nephew Henry, son of Nicholas de Rishworth, next heir, paid 10s heriot.
1418. John, son and heir of Henry de Rishworth, herioted a cottage and a royd in the Hey in Hipperholme.1909, “Appendix II: Rishworth of Coley”, in William Brown, editor, Record Series, volume 39: For the Year 1907: Yorkshire Deeds, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, page 226
Proper noun capitalized: Heriot
Heriot (countable and uncountable, plural Heriots)
- A surname.
- A scattered settlement in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically part of Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3952 to NT4054).
- A settlement in West Otago, New Zealand.
Examples of heriot in a sentence
- Perhaps the Richard Longebothome here mentioned was the same man as the Richard who herioted the property in 1509.1904, Halifax Wills: Being Abstracts and Translations of the Wills Registered at York from the Parish of Halifax, volume 2, Halifax, West...
- The will was proved 13th December, 1471. (See Halifax Wills, p. 15.) On the death of his father, William, the wealthy "draper," his son John herioted a close called The Holme, with a fulling mill […]1914, Record Series, volumes 1-3, Halifax, West Yorkshire: Halifax Antiquarian Society, page 75:
Synonyms of heriot
Forms of heriot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | heriots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | heriots |
| present participle | herioting |
| past participle | herioted |
| past | herioted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Heriots |
Origin of heriot
From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”). Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."
Words formed from heriot
Questions about heriot
- What does heriot mean?
- Heriot means the return of military equipment.
- How do you use heriot in a sentence?
- Perhaps the Richard Longebothome here mentioned was the same man as the Richard who herioted the property in 1509.
- What part of speech is heriot?
- Heriot can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce heriot?
- Heriot is pronounced /ˈhɛɹɪət/.
- What is the plural of heriot?
- The plural of heriot is heriots.
Words near heriot in the dictionary
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