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noun
In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
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History
Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.
