angild

noun

plural -s

: a compensation in Anglo-Saxon times made in a single payment at a fixed valuation for a given injury to person or property

Word History

Etymology

Old English āngilde, āngylde, from ān one + -gilde, -gylde (akin to gieldan to pay for, reward, serve, punish)

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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