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bén-ríp

  • noun [ feminine ]
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bén-ríp, e; f.
The reaping of corn by request; ad preces messio. Originally the tenant came to reap corn etc. at his lord's request : in time, it grew into a custom or duty, but its old designation bén-ríp was still used
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  • Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte

    etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntaris domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam precum, et bénrípe, id est, ad preces metere, et pratum falcare,

    • L. R. S. 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 436, 3-5.
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v.  béd-ríp.
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