lotherwite

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lother (“more unpleasant”) + Middle English wite (“punishment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːðərˈwiːt/

Noun

lotherwite

1. Various kinds of heriots paid by the tenants to the lord.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54