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frumgild

frumgild noun: in Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.

Noun

frumgild (uncountable)

  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.

Forms of frumgild

alternative formfrumgyld

Origin of frumgild

Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.

Questions about frumgild

What does frumgild mean?
Frumgild means in Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.
What part of speech is frumgild?
Frumgild is a noun.

Words near frumgild in the dictionary

  1. frumentation
  2. frumentations
  3. frumenties
  4. frumenty
  5. frumerty
  6. frumgild
  7. frumious
  8. frumish
  9. frumka
  10. frumkeit
  11. frummer

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