twelfhyndman

noun

1. A man worth twelve hundred shillings in wergeld.

   historical

   The oath of a twelfhind man was equal to the oaths of ſix ceorles; and if revenge was taken for the murder of a twelfhynd man it might be wrecked on ſix ceorles.

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Old English twelfhynde man(n) / mon(n).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry twelfhyndman (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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