gavelkynde

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === gavelingkinde, gavelkinde gavelekynde, gavelikinde, gavelikunde, gavelkunde (Early Middle English) gavelikende, gavlikende (Kent) === Etymology === From gavel (“tax, rent”) +‎ kynde (“inheritance”); this tenure possibly originally involved the payment of rent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡavəlˌkiːnd(ə)/, (Early Middle English) /ˈɡav(ə)liˌkiːnd(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈɡavəlˌkeːnd(ə)/, (Early Middle English) /ˈɡav(ə)liˌkeːnd(ə)/ (Kent) IPA(key): /ˈɡavəlˌkyːnd(ə)/, (Early Middle English) /ˈɡav(ə)liˌkyːnd(ə)/ (Southern) === Noun === gavelkynde (uncountable) A kind of land tenure practised in Kent, notably involving partible inheritance. ==== Descendants ==== English: gavelkind ==== References ==== “gavel-ikinde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “gavelkind, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.