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six-hynde

  • adjective
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six-hynde, adj.
Of a class whose wergild is six hundred shillings
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  • Gif wealh hafaþ fíf hýda hé biþ sixhynde,

      L. In. 24; Th. i. 118. 10.
  • Be syxhyndum men. Gif hit sié syxhynde mon, [gielde] ǽlc mon . lx. scił ł. ,

      L. Alf. pol. 30; Th. i. 80, 11.
  • Gif hió sié syxhyndu,

      18; Th. i. 72, 14.
  • Syxhyndes monnes burhbryce . xv. scił ł.,

      40; Th. i. 88, 10.
  • Gif syxhyndum ðissa hwæðer gelimpe, gebéte be ðæs syxhyndan bóte,

      39; Th. I. 88, 2-5.
  • Syxhyndum men . c. scił ł. gebéte,

      10; Th. i. 68, 10.
  • ¶ applied to the wergild :-- Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. scił ł. , æt syxhyndum . lxxx. scił ł. , L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 14.
Similar entries
v. twelf-hynde, and see Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 161, note 3.
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v.  -hynde.
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