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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cro, Croy, n.² Also: croo. [Gael. cró blood, death, blood-wite.] ‘The compensation or satisfaction made for the slaughter of any man, according to his rank’ (J). 14.. Acts I. 276/2.
Quod sit le cro quod anglice dicitur Grant befor the Kyng Ib. 299/1.
Item le cro et le galnys et le enach vnius cuiusque hominis sunt pares scilicet in respectu de le enach feminarun suarum, Ib. Statuit donvinus rex quod le cro [v.r. croo] domini regis Scocie est mille vacce … Iteim le cro filii regis vel vnius comitis Scocie est septies viginti vacce 1432 Acts II. 21/1.
He sall pay to the king xl pundis & the croy to the nerrest of the kyn of the slane man