English Explanatory Dictionary

hidegild

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
noun
  1. A fine paid in lien of a flogging.

Word forms

hidegild hidegeld hydegild

Etymology

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

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