Middle English Dictionary Entry
ketherin n.
Entry Info
Forms | ketherin n. |
Etymology | MIr. ceithern. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. kerne.
1.
A band of Irish foot soldiers.
Associated quotations
- ?c1335 Sith Gabriell gan (Hrl 913)p.164 : O konwir þat was king, His keþerin he gan bring.