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healsfang

healsfang noun: in Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character.

Noun

healsfang (plural healsfangs or healsfang)

  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character.

Forms of healsfang

pluralhealsfangs
pluralhealsfang
alternative formhalsfang

Origin of healsfang

Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), equivalent to halse + fang. Cognate with Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”).

Questions about healsfang

What does healsfang mean?
Healsfang means in Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character.
What part of speech is healsfang?
Healsfang is a noun.
What is the plural of healsfang?
The plural of healsfang is healsfangs.

Words near healsfang in the dictionary

  1. healo
  2. HEALPix
  3. heals
  4. heals over
  5. heals up
  6. healsfang
  7. healsfangs
  8. healslut
  9. healsluts
  10. healsome
  11. health

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