Gafol-heord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gafol-heord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: [MS. VI] mellis ad censum,' L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 36-436, 2. gafol-heord

Definitions

1 gafol-heord

f. [gafol a tax, heord a herd, flock] A taxable stock or hive of bees; grex ad censum :-- Beóceorle gebýreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beo. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole it behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay what shall be ordered in the country. With us it is ordered that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax; ' bochero, id est, ăpum custōdi, pertĭnet, si gavelheorde, id est, grĕgem ad censum tĕneat, ut inde reddat sīcut ĭbi mos [MS. moris] ĕrit. In quibusdam lŏcis est instĭtūtum, reddi

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚠᚩᛚ-ᚻᛇᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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