1statusIrish villein, serf, labourer who is unfree and bound to the land of a feudal lord in Ireland:
(
c.1300
)
of Waterford si un baron [...] eit neifs, sicome maniere de betagh
ii 89
(
1366;
MS: 1570-1610
) Come a la conquest de la terre d’Irland [...] les Engleis de la dit terre usèrent [...] fuirent governez et reulez, et lour subgets appeliez betaghez, par la lei Engleis
32.pre.3
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betagh (c.1300)