healsfang

Old English

noun

Definitions

a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments, preferential share of the wergeld

Etymology

Compound from Old English heals (neck, prow of a ship) + Old English fang (seizure).

Origin

Old English

fang

Gloss

seizure

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*fangą Proto-Germanic
*halsaz Proto-Germanic
andfang Old English
fang Old English
heals Old English
healsbeag Old English
healsgebedda Old English
hals Middle English
*hals gmw-pro