Hidegild

From Old English hīdġield ("a tax paid on each hide of land"), equivalent to hide("measure of land") + geld.

Alternative forms

• hidegeld

Full definition of hidegild

Noun

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

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

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