Hynden-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hynden-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 8; Th. i. 236, 1-6. v. preceding word; and cf. hundred-mann. hynden-mann

Definitions

1 hynden-mann

m. The head man of a hynden :-- Ðæt wé ús gegaderian á emban ǽnne mónaþ gif wé mágon and æmtan habban ða hyndenmenn and ða ðe ða teóþunge bewitan ... and habban ða xii [xi?] menn heora metscype tógædere [resolved:] that we gather to us once every month, if we can and have leisure, the hyndenmen and those who direct the tithings ... and let these eleven [the hyndenman and one from each tithing in the hynden of which he was the head] have their refection together, L. Æðelst.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚾᛞᛖᚾ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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