teind

British  

/ tiːnd /

noun

1. a Scot and northern English word for tithe

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Example Sentences

This circumstance is mentioned in Alison Pearson's indictment, and in the Tale of the Young Tamlane, where it is termed, "the paying the kane to hell," or, according to some recitations, "the teind," or tenth.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

"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 Buchan, Patrick

"Had I but had the wit yestreen   That I hae coft this day, I'd hae paid my teind seven times to hell,   Ere you'd been won away!"

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

"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 Batten, John Dickson

In 1612 the Rev. Farquhar MacGillechriost Macrae raised an action against John Roy and his eldest surviving son Alexander for payment of the teind.

From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander