Old English Dictionary Entry

Ceáp-gyld

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ceáp-gyld

n. I. bargain money; justum rei venditæ pretium :-- Þolige ðæs ceápgyld perdat pretium emptionis, L. Ath. i. 24; Wilk. 61, 25; Th. i. 212, 16, note 33. II. price or market-price of what is stolen; rei furto ablate pretium :-- Gilde man ðam teónde his ceápgyld let a man pay to the accuser the market-price [pretium], L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 23. ceap-gyld

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚪᛈ-ᚷᚣᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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