Etymology

manrent

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Today it means: A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan. Full definition →

Middle Scots manrent ← Early Scots manredyn ← Old English manrǣden
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  1. Old English · derived frommanrǣden
  2. Early Scots · derived frommanredyn
  3. Middle Scots · borrowed frommanrent
  4. English todaymanrent

Borrowed from Middle Scots manrent, from Early Scots manredyn, from Old English manrǣden. Doublet of manred.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmanrǣden all →

manred

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