English

Alternative forms

• hidegeld

Noun

hidegild ‎(uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

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

hidegild ‎(uncountable)

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