† orfgildn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: orf n.¹, gild n.²

Etymology: < orf n.¹ + gild n.²The word is not attested in Old English. However, the antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar William Lambarde in Archaionomia (1568) f. 126, next to the words ‘quod dicitur ceapgeld’ (in Laws of William I), adds in the margin ‘al. orfgyld, quod idem est’ (ed. 1644 omits this); he may have had the authority of a lost manuscript for this word.

historical. Obsolete.

A payment in compensation for lost goods, spec. for stolen cattle.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > for cattle

orfgild1607

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Zz3/2 Orfgild, aliás, Cheapegild, is a restitution made by the Hundred or Countie, of any wrong done by one that was in plegio.

1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 402 Orfgild signifies a payment or restoring the Cattel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	orfgild
释义	† orfgildn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: orf n.¹, gild n.² Etymology: < orf n.¹ + gild n.²The word is not attested in Old English. However, the antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar William Lambarde in Archaionomia (1568) f. 126, next to the words ‘quod dicitur ceapgeld’ (in Laws of William I), adds in the margin ‘al. orfgyld, quod idem est’ (ed. 1644 omits this); he may have had the authority of a lost manuscript for this word. historical. Obsolete. A payment in compensation for lost goods, spec. for stolen cattle. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > for cattle orfgild1607 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Zz3/2 Orfgild, aliás, Cheapegild, is a restitution made by the Hundred or Countie, of any wrong done by one that was in plegio. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 402 Orfgild signifies a payment or restoring the Cattel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1607
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