fulwite

Old English

Etymology

From ful- (“full”) +‎ wīte (“fine, punishment”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfulˌwiː.te/

Noun

fulwīte n

1. a full fine
   • Laws of King Ine

     Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.

     If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.

References

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