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sceithmannus

SCEITHMANNUS
, vox ex Saxon. seivman, vel scægvman, vel scæðman, pirata ; a scæða, fur, latro. Pactum Ethelredi Regis Angl. cum Analano, etc. cap. 9 : Si dicatur in compatriota, quod furtum fecerit, vel hominem occiderit, et hoc dicat Sceithmannus, vel unus Land-mannus, tunc non sit aliqua negatione dignus. In Thorpii editione unus Sceithmannus et unus landesmannus, ita etiam in Saxonico. Sceithmannus a sceigð, Scapha, est Nauta, quo et homine terram inhabitante testibus criminis existentibus, accusatus pro convicto habebatur.

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