Meaning of hidate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
   historical, transitive
2. To assess the geld of (a place, such as a manor or borough) in terms of hides.
   historical, transitive

Examples

“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.”

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