English Explanatory Dictionary

betagh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.

Word forms

betagh betaghs

Etymology

From Irish biatach, from Middle Irish bíatach (“providing food”), ultimately from bíad (“food”).

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