frumgild

别名

frumgyld

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.

    历史 不可数

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.

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