Middle English Dictionary Entry
bonaghtie n.
Entry Info
Forms | bonaghtie n. |
Etymology | Irish |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A tax or tribute levied by Irish chiefs for the maintenance of soldiers.
Associated quotations
- 1425 in 2nd Rep.Records Irel. [OD col.]56 : Tributa et exacciones que pretextu Bonuaghtye ipse vel aliquis antecessorum suorum..fecit.