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twyhyndmen

twyhyndmen is the plural of twyhyndman.

Meaning of twyhyndman

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

Questions about twyhyndmen

What is twyhyndmen the plural of?
Twyhyndmen is the plural of twyhyndman.

Words near twyhyndmen in the dictionary

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

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