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- noun Plural form of
cantred .
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Examples
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Seventeen cantreds for us, 'said Fergus,' that is the number of our army, besides our rabble, and our women (for with each king there is his queen, in Medb's company), and besides our striplings.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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I will give battle to you, 'said Fergus,' in the middle of the host in which we are, with these seven cantreds, and with my own cantred, and with the cantred of the Leinstermen.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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Roth; 'the three sons of Conchobar with their three cantreds have not come; Cuchulainn too has not come there after his wounding in combat against odds.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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Munstermen; and they left in the battle nine cantreds of Medb's and
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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The new sovereign, treating his surrender of the castle as treachery, took the shrievalty from him, disseised him of Amounderness and sold his cantreds of Limerick land to William de Braose.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Till their two cantreds should come to us, we will not go from this place. '
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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Under-kings of Munster, with their seven cantreds.
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The four cantreds thus passed away from his power, and even Anglesea was only allowed to him for life and subject to a yearly tribute.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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It was a boon to Llewelyn that the treacherous David received his reward not 'in Gwynedd itself but in Duffryn Clwyd and Rhuvoniog, two of the four cantreds of the Perveddwlad.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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By the end of August the king was at Deganwy, and the four cantreds were conquered.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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