twyhyndman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.
Example Sentences
- "In this computation a twelfhyndman was valued at six ceorls or twyhyndmen, because the weregild of a twelfhyndman was equal to the weregilds of six ceorls."
- "The English burgess was probably eorl or ceorl, twelfhyndman or twyhyndman, according to his birth and descent;"
- "They are grouped with the sokemen and liberi homines as twyhyndmen whose wergild was two hundred shillings, as distinct from the thegn class or twelfhyndmen whom to slay involved a penalty of twelve hundred shillings."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English twihynde / twyhynde man(n).