"healsfang" meaning in English

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        "lit": "neck-taking\", or \"taking by the neck"
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        "In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character."
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        "(historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character."
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