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1 marta v. 2 marqua
2 marta, ~us [ME, Gael. mart] , mart, ox or cow fed for slaughter; b (as food); c (as payment). 1211 remanent lxxiiij, unde viij sunt sues, j verres, xxij ~i superannati, xix suelle, xxiiij hoggetti Pipe Wint. 112; 1308 in ccxxviij ~is emptis per diversa loca Ac. Durh. 2; 1326 in custodia ~orum et porcorum regis ExchScot 57; 1337 de dicta preda remanserunt xxiiij marthi, qui fuerunt catalla hominum comitis de Fyfe Ib. 437; 1525 empt’ j merta herbalis xxxij s., xvij mutounes boukis iiij li. vij s. x d (Exc. e Libris Domicilii) Bannatyne Club LVI 3.  b victualium que abundant in partibus illis superioribus, ut ~e, hordeum et hujusmodi (Stat. David II) RegiamM II 58; unum ~um pinguem ad ‥ cenam ‥ archiepiscopi Vis. Derry 8.  c 1326 immunes ab omnimodis ‥ ~is et aliis talliagiis Melrose 374; 1328 onerat se de xij ~is, per arreragia compoti sui precedentis summa recepte ~orum putet ‥ et debet v ~os ExchScot 121; 1370 nec quascunque exacciones sive bladi sive pecunie sive ~arum ab eis exigemus Reg. Moray 171.

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