Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hidate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hi-date
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.

Transitive verb

verb

To assess the geld of (a place, such as a manor or borough) in terms of hides.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In general, the newly-won districts were reckoned in carucates, while the older English territory was hidated."
"[…] the well-known habit of beneficially hidating land, that is of arbitrarily estimating the number of hides on which it should pay Danegeld without regard for the number of hides there."
"Some of the king's manors were not hidated, and some were hidated but did not geld."

Etymology

From hide (“unit of land”) + -ate (verb forming suffix).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hidates (present, singular) hidating (participle, present) hidated (participle, past) hidated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

hide hidation

Synonyms

geld

Questions

What does hidate mean?: To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
Where does hidate come from?: From hide (“unit of land”) + -ate (verb forming suffix).

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