Healf-mearc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - healf-mearc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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healf-mearc
n. A half-mark :-- Hé hæfð geboht healfe híde landes mid healfmarce goldes and mid áne punde seolfres and twégan óran, C. D. i

Related words: 136, 34. Fylste ǽlc gegylda he[alf]mearc tó fylste, Cht. Th. 611, 32. Ic an míne láuedy halfmarc goldes, C. D. iv. 308, 2 : Cht. Th. 573, 13. Tó .viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, Ll. Th. i. 154, 1. Gylde .xxx. scill UNCERTAIN . mid Englum and mid Denum þreó healfmarc (cf. ii. 292, 12), 168, 10. Gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc, 298, 5, 8: ii. 298, 4, 12. .x. healfmarc, 2. ¶ the following seem anomalous in form or construction:-- Béte man ꝥ æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, Ll. Th. i. 292, 10. Heora ǽlc sylle .vi. healfmarc wedd, 294, 7. Æt cynges spǽce lecge man . vi. healfmarc wedd, and æt eorles .xii. óran wedd, and æt ǽlcum þegene .vi. óran wedd, 296, 25. healf-mearc

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