Hidate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hidate is a verb meaning (historical, transitive) To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
Meaning
(historical, transitive) To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
More Meanings
- (historical, transitive) To assess the geld of (a place, such as a manor or borough) in terms of hides.
Example Sentences
Some of the king's manors were not hidated, and some were hidated but did not geld.
In general, the newly-won districts were reckoned in carucates, while the older English territory was hidated.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- hidates
- hidating
- hidated
Synonyms for hidate
Depending on context, synonyms include geld.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hiddle, hyde, hile, hock, hockle, hawk.
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