hidate
hidate verb: to divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
Verb
hidate (third-person singular simple present hidates, present participle hidating, simple past and past participle hidated)
- To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
- In general, the newly-won districts were reckoned in carucates, while the older English territory was hidated.1971, C. W. Atkin, chapter 2, in Henry Clifford Darby, I. B. Terrett, editors, The Domesday Geography of Midland England, 2nd edition, Herefordshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57
- To assess the geld of (a place, such as a manor or borough) in terms of hides.
- […] the well-known habit of beneficially hidating land, that is of arbitrarily estimating the number of hides on which it should pay Danegeld without regard for the number of hides there.1920 January, E. B. Demarest, “The Firma Unius Noctis”, in The English Historical Review, volume 35, page 82
- Some of the king's manors were not hidated, and some were hidated but did not geld.1987, Wilfred Lewis Warren, The Governance of Norman and Angevin England, 1086–1272, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 27
Synonyms of hidate
Forms of hidate
| third-person singular present | hidates |
|---|---|
| present participle | hidating |
| past participle | hidated |
| past | hidated |
Origin of hidate
From hide (“unit of land”) + -ate (verb forming suffix).
Questions about hidate
- What does hidate mean?
- Hidate means to divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
- What part of speech is hidate?
- Hidate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hidate?
- The past tense of hidate is hidated.
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