hidegildとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

A learned borrowing from 古期英語 hīdġield (“a tax paid on each hide of land”), equivalent to hide (“measure of land”) +‎ geld.

別の表記

• hidegeld

名詞

hidegild (uncountable)

1. (Anglo-Saxon, historical, law) A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.

語源 2

A learned borrowing from 古期英語 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.

別の表記

• hydegild

名詞

hidegild (uncountable)

1. (Anglo-Saxon, historical, law) A fine paid in lien of a flogging.