"healsfang" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: healsfangs [plural], healsfang [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), equivalent to halse + fang. Cognate with Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”). Etymology templates: {{learned borrowing|en|ang|healsfang||fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments|lit=neck-taking", or "taking by the neck}} Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), {{compound|en|halse|fang|nocat=1}} halse + fang, {{cog|is|hálsfang||embracing}} Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|healsfang}} healsfang (plural healsfangs or healsfang)
  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-healsfang-en-noun-zsx4ksyh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈxæ͜ɑlsˌfɑnɡ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫsˌfɑŋɡ]
Etymology: From heals (“neck”) + fang (“seizure”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ang|heals|fang|t1=neck|t2=seizure}} heals (“neck”) + fang (“seizure”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} healsfang n, {{ang-noun|n}} healsfang n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|healsfang}}, {{ang-decl-noun|healsfang|healsfang|healsfang|healsfang|healsfanges|healsfanga|healsfange|healsfangum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], healsfang [nominative, singular], healsfang [nominative, plural], healsfang [accusative, singular], healsfang [accusative, plural], healsfanges [genitive, singular], healsfanga [genitive, plural], healsfange [dative, singular], healsfangum [dative, plural]
  1. a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments, preferential share of the wergeld Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-healsfang-ang-noun-3we6-4kK Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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