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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scattfall,) Scatfall, n. Also: skat- and -fa(a. [ON skattr Scat(t n. For the second element, cf. ON (leiðangrs)fall n. ‘a fine for default as to the levy or tax’ (Marwick).] Only in to fall in scatfall, to be subject to confiscation in consequence of failure to pay scat. — 1590 Rec. Earld. Orkney 317.
Land … fallin to me in skatfaa for none payment off the skait thairoff
1595 Orkney Rentals ii 17. Ib. 18.
1 d. land pertaining to the Fressiris falling in scat fall
Ib. 41.
½ mk. terræ fallen in scat fa
1613 Ib. App. 93.
A penny land lyand in Hestwall, fallin in skatfall to the earle

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