sithalis

sithalis [ME sithe; cf. scotale], ‘scythe-ale’ drinking celebration held for mowers or money paid to them for mowing. 1251 dare solebat tres solidos per annum ‥ et unum vervecem ad sythalim Cart. Rams. I 286; falcabit in Chevere uno die ‥ et ipse et participes sui percipient de bursa abbatis pro sythalis [sic] vj denarios Ib. I 311; 1252 habebit partem suam de dimidia acra prati ‥ pro sythale Ib. I 301.

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