hidegild.
A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
Meaning & usage
A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English hīdġield (“a tax paid on each hide of land”). Compare hide (“measure of land”), geld.
A fine paid in lien of a flogging.
Where this word comes from
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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