SOREHON, SORN

n.A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously, whenever he wished to indulge himself in a debauch. So that when a person obtrudes himself on another for bed and board, he is said to sorn, or be a sorner.

SOREHON

Sore "hon, n. Etym: [Corrupted from sojourn, Scot. soirne, sorn. ]