(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:32:56

Oc"to*gild (?), n. [Octo- + AS. gild payment.] Anglo-SaxonLaw

A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.

 

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