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Quotation dates: 1503, 1586
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Landskuld, n. [ON. landskyld, mod. Icel. and Fær. landskuld.] In Orkney and Shetland: A kind of rent for land. = Land-male n. 1. — 1503 Orkney Rentals i. 26.
And to remember that in this uris terre iiij merk makis the d. terre and vj m. iiij s. in land skuld on ilk d. terre 1503 Ib. 28.
Et in land xv merk terre totum conqueist per comitem & x s. land skuld on ilk merk terre ant of the haill xxv m. jam to pay xj m. cost tantum flesche 1503 Ib. 45.
Summa de cost in land skuld preter the bull que est extra manus takman extendis to v lastis iiij m. i s. ½ 1586 Orkney & Sh. Rec. 206.]
[Cont och regenskab … baade om landskyld och al andenn thingh som wor them ymellom
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