Gafol-hwitel

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gafol-hwitel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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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
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