English
hidage
From hide (“unit of land used for tax assessment”) + -age.
Formed from hide ‘unit of land used for tax assessment’ + -age
Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’
Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’
Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’
Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’
Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’
English hide
Today it means
noun A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hidage