In exchange for service, he was gifted a portion of land called a Methas, a region of farmland similar to that held by an Ocaire (a free-landholder below the nobility and subservient to the Boaire.)
As payment for his services, he received a piece of land known as a Methas, which was similar in nature to the land owned by an Ocaire, a free-landholder beneath the nobility and subject to the Boaire.