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enach (s.xiii)
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enach (s.xiii)

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enath  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. (?) Irish )
le

See eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language enech as well as Dictionaries of the Scots Language enach n..

s.

law(from Irish or possibly Gaelic) fine for homicide, compensation for murder (?): 
( MS: s.xiii )  Le cro et le galnis et le enath a checun homme sfunt (l. sunt) peris  Leges Scocie 278.21.i
( s.xv )  Item le cro et le galnys et le enach uniuscuiusque hominis sunt pares  APS 276b
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