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gafol-gylda

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gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §563;
a tribute-payer, tributary, debtor; trĭbūti reddĭtor, dēbĭtor
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  • Rómáne hý to gafol-gyldum gedydon

    the Romans made them tributaries,

    • Ors. 3, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 63, 38 : Bd. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 20.

  • Beón hig ealle gesunde and þeówion ðé and beón ðíne gafolgildan

    cunctus pŏpŭlus salvābĭtur et serviet tĭbi sub trĭbūto,

    • Deut. 20, 11.

  • Twegen gafolgyldan wǽron sumum lǽnende

    duo dēbĭtōres ĕrant cuidam fænĕrātōri,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 41 : 16, 5.
a rent-payer, a renter of land as opposed to the owner : qui censum annum pendit, conductor
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  • Wealh gafolgelda [gafolgylda MSS. B. H.]

    a foreign [i.e. of British race] tenant,

    • L. In. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 118, 3.

  • Gif he on gafolgeldan [gafolgildan MS. H.] húse gefeohte, cxx scillinga to wíte geselle

    if he fight in a tenant's house, let him pay cxx shillings as fine,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 106, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gafol-gylda.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13180.

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