English
frumgild
Frumgild comes from Old English frumġild.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150frumġild
- Englishtodayfrumgild
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150frumġild
- Englishtodayfrumgild
Every English word from Old English frumġild
Today it means
noun In Anglo-Saxon law, the first payment made to the kindred of a person slain, toward the recompense of his murder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English frumġild / frumgild