Etymology

twelfhyndman

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Today it means: A man worth twelve hundred shillings in wergeld. Full definition →

Old English twelfhynde man(n)
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  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromtwelfhynde man(n)
  2. English todaytwelfhyndman

Learned borrowing from Old English twelfhynde man(n) / mon(n).

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