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twelvehyndeman

twelvehyndeman is the alternative form of twelfhyndman.

Meaning of twelfhyndman

Noun

twelfhyndman (plural twelfhyndmen)

  1. (historical, criminal law) A man worth twelve hundred shillings in wergeld.
    • The oath of a twelfhind man was equal to the oaths of ſix ceorles; and if revenge was taken for the murder of a twelfhynd man it might be wrecked on ſix ceorles.1805, Sharon Turner, The History of the Manners, Landed Property, Government, Laws, Poetry, Literature, Religion, and Language, of the Anglo-Saxons, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […]...

Forms of twelvehyndeman

pluraltwelvehyndemen

Questions about twelvehyndeman

What is twelvehyndeman the alternative form of?
Twelvehyndeman is the alternative form of twelfhyndman.

Words near twelvehyndeman in the dictionary

  1. twelve-tone technique
  2. twelvefold
  3. twelvefoldness
  4. twelvehundred
  5. twelvehynde
  6. twelvehyndeman
  7. twelvehyndemen
  8. twelveish
  9. twelveling
  10. twelvelings
  11. twelvemo

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