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gelde1 (s.xiiim)

gelde1 (s.xiiim)

 
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  geld n.  MED:  yeld n.  DMLBS:  geldum 1057c

s.

lawtaxgeld, the tax paid to the crown by English landholders before the Conquest, and continued under the Norman kings
( MS: s.xiiim )  jo lur grant par mun propre dun ke lur terres de lur demeines charues seient quites de tutes geldes e de tutes overaignes  Coron Ch 11
( 1374 )  Pource que nous avons entenduz coment noz tenantz de Aldeburgh Tymble et Thorescrosse sont si fiebles et a pover estat q'il ne pout paier a nous leur talliage q'est appellé gelde  GAUNT1 ii 256

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See also:

geldable 
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