Medkniche

Medkniche
♦ A haymaker's fee, viz. as much hay as the hayward can lift with his middle finger to his knees.
(Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • medkniche — noun In medieval England, the amount of hay which could be lifted by the little finger up to the knee. This was a form of payment for haywards …   Wiktionary

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