Etymology

hidegild

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Today it means: A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage. Full definition →

Old English hīdġield
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hidegild · noun1

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromhīdġield“a tax paid on each hide of land”
  2. English todayhidegild

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

hidegild · noun2

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromhȳdġyld
  2. English todayhidegild

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.

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