Hidate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides. historical, transitive

    "In general, the newly-won districts were reckoned in carucates, while the older English territory was hidated."

  2. 2
    To assess the geld of (a place, such as a manor or borough) in terms of hides. historical, transitive

    "[…] the well-known habit of beneficially hidating land, that is of arbitrarily estimating the number of hides on which it should pay Danegeld without regard for the number of hides there."

Synonyms

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geldgeld

Example

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"In general, the newly-won districts were reckoned in carucates, while the older English territory was hidated."

Etymology

From hide (“unit of land”) + -ate (verb forming suffix).

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