- Berbiagium
- The term for rent paid in sheep; the word was also used of tax paid on sheep.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Berbiagium
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-agium — Second element of Latin words such as *ancoragium, *barragium, *berbiagium, *hibernagium, functioning as the equivalent English element age which gives a quality, and here a sense of right or privilege, e.g. *faldage. Cf. age … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
brebiage — (bre bi a j ) s. m. Terme de féodalité. Droit qui se prenait sur les moutons. HISTORIQUE XIVe s. • Item il a es dites fermes brebiage de tiers an en tiers an, DU CANGE berbiagium.. ÉTYMOLOGIE Brebis … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
