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twyhyndman

twyhyndman noun: a man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.

Noun

twyhyndman (plural twyhyndmen)

  1. (historical, criminal law) A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.
    • In this computation a twelfhyndman was valued at six ceorls or twyhyndmen, because the weregild of a twelfhyndman was equal to the weregilds of six ceorls.1849, John Allen, Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], page 115
    • The English burgess was probably eorl or ceorl, twelfhyndman or twyhyndman, according to his birth and descent;1885, John Beddoe, The Races of Britain: A Contribution to the Anthropology of Western Europe, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, […]; London: Trübner and Co., […], page 63

Forms of twyhyndman

pluraltwyhyndmen

Origin of twyhyndman

Learned borrowing from Old English twihynde / twyhynde man(n).

Questions about twyhyndman

What does twyhyndman mean?
Twyhyndman means a man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.
What part of speech is twyhyndman?
Twyhyndman is a noun.
What is the plural of twyhyndman?
The plural of twyhyndman is twyhyndmen.

Words near twyhyndman in the dictionary

  1. twyfold
  2. Twyford
  3. Twyford and Stenson
  4. Twyford and Thorpe
  5. twyformed
  6. twyhyndman
  7. twyhyndmen
  8. Twyla
  9. TWYM
  10. Twyman
  11. Twymans

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