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hidegild

hidegild noun: a tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.

Noun (1)

hidegild (uncountable)

  1. (historical, Anglo-Saxon) A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.

Noun (2)

hidegild (uncountable)

  1. (historical, Anglo-Saxon) A fine paid in lien of a flogging.

Forms of hidegild

alternative formhidegeld
alternative formhydegild

Origin of hidegild

Learned borrowing from Old English hīdġield (“a tax paid on each hide of land”). Compare hide (“measure of land”), geld.

Learned borrowing from Old English hȳdġyld, hȳdġield (“a fine to buy one out of receiving a flogging”, literally “a payment to save one's skin”). Compare hide (“skin”), geld.

Questions about hidegild

What does hidegild mean?
Hidegild means a tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
What part of speech is hidegild?
Hidegild is a noun.

Words near hidegild in the dictionary

  1. hidebehinds
  2. hidebound
  3. hideboundness
  4. hided
  5. hidegeld
  6. hidegild
  7. Hideko
  8. hidel
  9. hidel-like
  10. hideless
  11. hideling

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