hidegild
English
Etymology 1
From Old English hīdġield (“a tax paid on each hide of land”), equivalent to hide (“measure of land”) + geld.
Alternative forms
- hidegeld
Noun
hidegild (uncountable)
- (Anglo-Saxon, historical, law) A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
Etymology 2
From Old English hȳdġyld, hȳdġield (“a fine to buy one out of receiving a flogging”, literally “a payment to save one's skin”), equivalent to hide (“skin”) + geld.
Alternative forms
- hydegild
Noun
hidegild (uncountable)
- (Anglo-Saxon, historical, law) A fine paid in lien of a flogging.