ringgiver
ringgiver is the alternative form of ring-giver.
Meaning of ring-giver
Noun
ring-giver (plural ring-givers)
- A ruler or chieftain who distributed rings or other valuable gifts to loyal warriors, thanes, or retainers as a means of rewarding service and reinforcing bonds of allegiance and mutual obligation.
- This kind of money was probably used by the Anglo-Saxons long after their settlement in England; and the name of "ring-giver," as an epithet of princes, was preserved perhaps to the time of the Norman conquest.1837 May, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 500
Forms of ringgiver
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