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fiht-wíte

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
Substitute:
the fine paid to the crown for fighting (and slaying);
  • cf. Ll. Th. i. 66, 7
    • :
  • 106, 1
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  • Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.),

    • Ll. Th. i. 174, 28
      • .

  • Be fyhtwíte and manbóte. Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte oþþe manbót forgifen sý,

    • 248, 20
      • .

  • On Denalage se cynincg áh fyhtewíta (fihtwíte, v. l.) and fyrdwíta,

    • 384, 5
      • .
the revenue derived from, or the right to receive, such fines
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  • Se wagnscilling gonge tó þæs cyninges handa . . . ah elles ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte . . . ge ǽlc þǽra wónessa þe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ꝥ hit áge healf þǽre cyrcean hláford,

    • Cht. Th. 138, 16
      • .

  • Ic habbe gegeofen . . . Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége saca and sócna . . . fihtwíte and ferdwíte,

    • 421, 31
      • :
    • 411, 31
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fiht-wíte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44954.

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