teind

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noun

A tithe.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounteind (plural teinds)

plural teinds · alternative tiend

  1. ScotlandA tithe.

    That in the cale where the Teind was set separately from the Stock, the Duty was commonly far above the true Value of what was paid for the Teind

    1731, Alexander Baine, Notes, for the Use of the Students of the Municipal Law in
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    What have I been paying stipend and teind parsonage and vicarage for, ever sin' the aughty-nine, an' I canna get a spell of a prayer for't, the only time I ever asked for ane in my life?

    1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 195
verbteind (third-person singular simple present teinds, present participle teinding, simple past and past participle teinded)

present singular third person teinds · participle present teinding · participle past teinded · past teinded · alternative tiend

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo tithe.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtende
  2. Scotsteind“tenth”
  3. Englishteind

From Scots teind (“tenth”), from Middle English tende, variant of tenthe (“tenth”); see that entry for more.

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APA

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MLA

“teind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teind.

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