Etymology

frumgild

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Today it means: In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder. Full definition →

Old English frumġild
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  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromfrumġild
  2. English todayfrumgild

Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.

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