On the kiep fief

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  • on the qui vive: alert; on the look-out
  • keep: the innermost or strongest part of a castle
  • kip: (Dutch) hen
  • fief: land held in fee → Dublin was held by its citizens in fief of the English crown → Vico discusses fiefs in Roman history