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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Medow-,) Meadow-skift, n. (Cf. ON. engjaskifti, division or sharing of meadows, f. eng fem. meadow and skipti neut. division, distribution, sharing, exchange.) —1686 An Orkney Perambulation in Sc. Hist. Rev. XXII. 186.
And as for the meadowis of the haill town, ordaines Oversanday to have the … equall half of the haill meadowis as having the … equall half of the haill town … and the saids haill meadowis to goe about yeirlie according to the said division, according to the vulgar country terme called meadow skift
