trinoda necessitas
Meanings
noun
- A threefold tax in Anglo-Saxon times, by which subjects of the king were required to repair bridges and roads (bridge-bote), build and repair fortifications (burgh-bote), and serve in the fyrd or militia (fyrd-bote).
Word forms
Etymology
Latin [Term?] (literally “three-knotted obligation”)
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