healsfang

== English == === Alternative forms === halsfang === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), equivalent to halse +‎ fang. Cognate with Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”). === Noun === healsfang (plural healsfangs or healsfang) (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character. == Old English == === Etymology === From heals (“neck”) +‎ fang (“seizure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑlsˌfɑnɡ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫsˌfɑŋɡ] === Noun === healsfang n a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments, preferential share of the wergeld ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: