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(Tenandsted,) Tenantste(a)d, Ten(n)entsted, ppl. adj., n. [Tenand(e n. and Sted(e v. or Sted(e n.¹] a. ppl. adj. Tenanted, settled or occupied by tenants. Also in fig. context. Cf. Sted(e v 1 b. b. noun. Land or property occupied by tenants; the state or condition of being occupied by tenants. Cf. Sted(e n.¹ 4. —a. 1652 Red Bk. Grandtully II 147.
Remember quhatt I told ȝow annent the woodseting of sum lands, as lykwys to gett our roums tennentsted 1685 Treas. Sed. Bk. IV 459.
To keep the lands wele tenent-sted, and where any roomes are waist … to gett them presently sett 1692 Pitcairne Assembly iii i (1817) 43.
Christ's vineyard is but ill tenant-stead (as we use to say of our lands) —b. 1662 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. I 483.
The Lords ordained a commission … to examine the payment made, by the tenants, the years preceding the tacks … and, if the lands could have been made tenant-sted, if these tenants had been removed