Old English · noun
heregeatwa
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈxe.reˌjæ͜ɑt.wɑ/[ˈhe.reˌjæ͜ɑt.wɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈxe · re · ˌjæ͜ɑt · wɑ (4 syllables)
Meaning
war-gear
heriot
[H]eregeatu means literally ‘war-gear’ but it had a technical sense referring to the dues, originally consisting of war equipment, to be repaid to a lord on his tenant’s death.
2006 June 1 [1970], Richard Hamer, editor, A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse, Croydon: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 52:
Etymology
here + ġeatwa
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