án-gild
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
a single payment or compensation, the single value of property
claimed or in dispute, — a rate fixed by law, at which
certain injuries, either to person or
property, were to be paid for; simplex compensatio
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Forgylde ðæt ángylde
let him pay for it with a single compensation,
- L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3: 22 ;
- Th. i. 76, 7 :
- L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 12 .
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Forgylde ðæt yrfe ángylde
let him pay for the property with a single recompense,
- L. Ath. v. § 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 24 :
- L. Edg. H. 6; Th. i. 260, 7 :
- L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 19 :
- L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 17 :
- L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 15 :
- Th. Diplm. A. D. 883; 130, 18-131, 5 .
the fixed price or
rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency;
æstimatio, pretium
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Gif we ðæt ceáp-gild arǽraþ be fullan ángylde
if we raise the market-price [of cattle] to the full fixed price,
- L. Ath. v. § 6, 4; Th. i. 234, 17 .
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “án-gild.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1824.
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