Teind

Teind is a Scots and Northern English word for tithe, meaning a tenth part.^[1] In Scotland, a teind was a tithe derived from the produce of the land for the maintenance of the clergy.

It is also an old lowland term for a tribute due to be paid by the fairies to the devil every seven years. Found in the story of Tam Lin as well as in the ballad of Thomas the Rhymer.

See also

• Court of Teinds

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "^{article name needed}". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.