Middle English Dictionary Entry
horn(e-yẹ̄ld n.
Entry Info
| Forms | horn(e-yẹ̄ld n. Also -geld, hornchild. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE; cp. horn & gield, geld. Also cp. ML horne-geldum, from OE. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A rent fixed by the number of horned cattle; cornage.
Associated quotations
- (1189) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.1759 : De geldis et danegeldis et horngeldis et forgeldis.
- (1205) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.17110 : De hudagio et carruagio, danegeld, hornegeld, et exercitibus.
- (c1250) Bracton Note Bk.(Add 12269)3.279 : Et preterea quia dedit cornagium, quod anglice dicitur horngelde.
- (1280) Chart.R.PRO2.159 : Quietas..de hamsoca et forstal..geldis et denegeldis, horngeldis, fotgeldis.
- a1275 Legal Gloss.Rothley127 : Hornchild: Hoc est quietus de consuetudine exacta per talliam per totam Angliam terram scilicet de quacunque cornuta bestia.
- a1315 Legal Gloss.Glb.(Glb E.4)209 : Horngeld: Taillage de chescune beste cornu.
- (1377) Inquis.PM Edw.III14.337 : [The manor..held of the king in chief by knight's service, and by rendering to the king..25 s. at the feast of St. Cuthbert in September for] hornyeld.
- ?c1382 Survey Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32143 : Predicti cotagii solvunt quolibet anno inter se pro operibus, voc. Horneyeld, 12 d.
- (1463) Statutes Ireland 3p.78 : Hidagio & carucagio & danegeld & hornegeld.
- -?-(c1170) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66197 : Et geldis et danageldis et hornegeldis.