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hidegild en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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hidegeld		alternative	lexicographic

hidegild en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

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hydegild		alternative	lexicographic