Gafol-hwitel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gafol-hwitel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gafol-hwitel

m. A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga :-- Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. Grm. R. A. p. 378. Perhaps híwisc in the above passage should be translated 'family;' cf. Th. Chart. 144, 31. gafol-hwitel

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚠᚩᛚ-ᚻᚹᛁᛏᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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