Meaning of twyhyndman | Babel Free

Definitions

A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.

historical

Examples

“In this computation a twelfhyndman was valued at six ceorls or twyhyndmen, because the weregild of a twelfhyndman was equal to the weregilds of six ceorls.”

“The English burgess was probably eorl or ceorl, twelfhyndman or twyhyndman, according to his birth and descent;”

“They are grouped with the sokemen and liberi homines as twyhyndmen whose wergild was two hundred shillings, as distinct from the thegn class or twelfhyndmen whom to slay involved a penalty of twelve hundred shillings.”

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