n (1 sen+cléithe) also senchléith

(a) an old (i.e. hereditary) house: athgabail chota i n-aith muiland in dunad, i senchleithiu cuntuit itir comorbaib, Laws i 216.4 = Cóic Con. 77 .

(b) `a technical term for the hereditary serf or villein who holds a parcel of land in return for uncertain services and is adscriptus glebae, passing as an appurtenance should the land be alienated', Críth G. p. 105 . See also Cóic Con. p. 77 ; Ir. Recht pp. 81 - 83 . ma beith fognum diib do ḟlaithib co nómad n-aó, it bothaig it fuidri; it senchléithe íarmítha, Críth G. 327 . tánise ríg . . . cóic senchlethe forcraid laiss sech airig forggaill, 435 . cor moga .i. fuidir no sen-cleithi, Laws i 52.27 Comm . ogflaithem .i. fer tri seincleithe cona comorbaib techta, iv 350.8 Comm . sencleth e isin .u. idh fer ┐ nocha-cumaing dul ón fir agar-tuit, Cóic Con. 22 § 17 . bothaig ┐ fudir ┐ senchlethi flatha, 21 § 16 . Also of the land occupied by the s.¤ : dorat muinntir Chille Moire tricha sencleth do muinntir Sheanain .i. tricha acra, O'Curry 968 ( H 3.18, p. 416 ). coro edbart Cináed . . . tri sencleithi cona ferann do Patraic, Trip. 72.29 . ferand baí la Enda . . . .i. cóicc sencleithi deuc, 80.17 .