Geld

Gild, Sax. [horn geldan, ggldan, to pay; L. Lat. geldum, geldus, gelturn, gilaa; Graecobarb. yi Uov,\ In Saxon and old English law. A payment, («olutio, redditus^ tax or tribute, {tributum;) a sum of money exacted of a subject, {exactio, pecunia.) Vicinos werra, suos exerdtibus frequentissimis, et geldis continuis vexabat; he harassed his neighbors with war, and his own subjects with frequent military expeditions, and continual exactions, ffenr. Huntington, Hist. lib.

7. de Will, Rufo, A. p. 1100. Spelman.

There were various kinds of geld, as JDanegeld, wodegeld, senegeld, komgeld, fotgeld, pent' geld, (fee. (qq. v.) In Domesday geldum^ or geltum, is generally used for JDanegeld, which was a tribute regularly imposed upon every town in the time of the Saxons. Spelman, A mulct or fine; a satisfaction or compensation for a crime, {compensatio delicti;) the price or value of a thing; (pretium rei,) Spelman, Wergild, the value or price of a man slain; orfgild, the value of a beast slain; angild, the single value; twigild^ double the value; trigild, triple; <fec. Id, See Gild, Wergild, Orfgild, Angild, Twigild, Trigild, Octogild, Novigild,