Middle English Dictionary Entry
nēt n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | nēt n.(3) Also niet, neth, nieth & (Latinate) neatus, neti, nieti. |
| Etymology | OE genēat |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A peasant holding land from a lord, a tenant.
Associated quotations
- (1189) Doc.in Vinogradoff Villainage144 : Radulfus niet tenet dimidiam virgatam..Rogerus P..operatur sicut neth..Illi sunt neti de villa.
- (1189) Doc.in Vinogradoff Villainage145 : Nieti tenent 9 acras.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 529 : Sex netes de villa de Westun' tenent de antiqua tenura j pratum.
- ?a1400 Doc.in Vinogradoff Villainage145 : Habebit unum animal quietum in pastura, si est net..Cotsetle..debet metere quantum unus nieth..Si moriatur neatus, dabet melius catellum.