frumgield

Old English

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Etymology

From frum (“first, original”) +‎ ġield (“payment”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrumˌji͜yld/, [ˈfrumˌji͜yɫd]

Noun

frumġield n

1. a first payment, especially the first payment of a wergild

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frum-gild”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.