teind
Britishnoun
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The fairy tax, tithe, or teind, paid to Hell, is illustrated by old trials for witchcraft, in Scotland.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
"But aye, at ilka seven years, They pay the teind to hell; And I'm sae fat and fair of flesh, I fear 'twill be mysel'!"
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
"Had I but had the wit yestreen That I have got to-day, I'd paid the Fiend seven times his teind Ere you'd been won away."
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
As already stated, King Alexander II. granted the teind of his duties of Auchterarder, and, by a subsequent charter, amongst other grants he confirmed the grant of these churches to Inchaffray.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
The dread messenger had arrived who was to exact 'the teind for hell.'
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood
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