1) Scots language 
Teind is a Scots and Northern English word for tithe, meaning a tenth part of. In Scotland, a teind was a tithe derived from the produce of the land for the maintenance of the clergy. It is also an old lowland term for a tribute due to be paid by the fairies to the devil every seven years. Found in the story of Tam Lin as well as in the ballad of ...
• (n.) A tithe.
Teind noun [ Confer Icelandic tīund . See Tithe .] A tithe. [ Scot.] Jamieson.