| coll., hist. |
men; retainers (По-видимому, это правильный термин. Согласно Cambridge Dictionary: a servant who has usually been with the same family for a long time. Вот отрывок из рукописи (Staffordshire): "The herdsmen of the Thane of Swythamley reported that they heard strange noises in the dale. On going to ascertain the cause they looked into the cave and reported that some ferocious looking foreigners were gone mad and murdering one another. The Thane on hearing this report judged rightly that they were robbers as well, and putting his cattle in a place of safety, he summoned all his retainers and servants, determined on battle if they invaded his territories, but the Danes passed down the valley and escaped a conflict with the Thane." ART Vancouver) |
