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ˈwitereden Hist.
Also corruptly winter-, wynter-, wit(t)erden(e, witeredden.
[OE. wíterǽden (used in Bæda's Hist. iii. viii. in the gen. sense of punishment), f. wíte wite n.2 + rǽden -red.]
A fine (erron. explained by antiquaries as a royal imposition or aid).
688–95Laws Ine §50 Nah he þær nane witerædenne. 855(MS. 12th cent.) Grant of Ethelwulf in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 84 Ut sit tuta..ab omnibus secularibus servitutibus, necnon regalibus tributis majoribus et minoribus, sive taxationibus quod nos dicimus Witereden [v.rr. Winterden, Witeredden].
1650C. Elderfield Civil Right of Tythes 72 [transl. quot. 855] No secular service, nor tribute..nor Winterdene (or Witterdene, a kind of imposition). 1672Cowel's Interpr., Witerden..a kind of Taxation among the West-Saxons. 1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes iv. 177 note, Written variously Witerden, Wynterden and Witeredden. It was a Tax or Royal ayd. 1862Miall Title Deeds Ch. Eng. 19 note, [comment on prec.]. |
