Middle English Dictionary Entry
intak n.
Entry Info
| Forms | intak n. Also h)intack. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON; cp. OI inntak 'contents of a book', Swed. intaga, ODan. indtægt 'an enclosed piece of land'. Also cp. MnE dial. intak(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A piece of enclosed land taken from a moor or from a common; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.304].
Associated quotations
- (1230) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)325 : Intak.
- (1296) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)286 : Le Hyntacke.
- (a1300) EPNSoc.33 (West Riding Yks.)255 : Neuintackis.
- (1335) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)286 : Jurdainintak.
- (1377) Deed Yks.in YASRS 3970 : [A messuage with the dovecote and the house built thereon, together with] le Intak.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.73 : [There is a plot of meadow in Hexgreve called] Intak.
- (1397) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)18 : Intakgate.
- (1409) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)328 : Langintake.