caif (1366)

caif (1366)

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See eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language cáem.

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1 law concubinage, non-marital cohabitation, specifically in Ireland
( 1366; MS: 1570-1610 )  ordinez est et estabilé que nul alliaunce par mariadge, compaternitee, nurtur de enfantz, concubinaunce ou de caif, ne de altre manere desormés soit fait par entre Engloyes et Irroies  34.II.2
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