h 4 e 1 r 1 i 1 o 1 t 1
6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”). Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."
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