Hrægel-talu

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

hrægel-talu

Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is cugele, syric, &c., þæt hý þurh neóde náne tale tó syndrigre ǽhte næbben, R. Ben. 92, 2-5:--Be mynstermonna hrægelhúse and be hyra hrægeltale (this is the heading of a chapter containing an account of the clothing to be furnished to the members of a monastery by the abbot. It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given), R. Ben. 89, 3. hrægel-talu