Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Orfgild — Orf gild , n. [AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild, gield, money, fine.] (O. Eng. Law) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle. Cowell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
orfgild — /orfgild/ In Saxon law, the price or value of a beast. A payment for a beast. The payment or forfeiture of a beast. A penalty for taking away cattle … Black's law dictionary
orfgild — orf·gild … English syllables
orfgild — A compensation for, or a restoration of, property taken away, and applied particularly to cattle … Ballentine's law dictionary
GELDUM sive GILDUM — GELDUM, sive GILDUM vox Saxonica, solutio, praestatio, vectigal, tributum. Item mulcta Iudiciaria, compensatio delicti et pretium rei. Capitulare 3. An. Quicquid involavit, novem geldos componere faciat etc. Unde Wergeldum, quasi valor seu… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
