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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

ATTIFIELD, ATTAVELT, n. (See quots.) [′ɑtɑ′vɪ̢ʎta (Sh.2)]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Attavelt . . . field in its second year of cultivation after fallowing.Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. 13:
Attifield, land which is delved the second time — the second year — after being ley.

[From O.N. aptr, after, and velta, to turn. Cf. Norse velta, turned-over soil, and Sw. dial. ätervälta, a clover-field ploughed the second time (J. G.). Field is due to pop. etym.]

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