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gaiwita

gaiwita [ME gaiwite] , payment, (?) ward-penny. Cf. wardpenna. 1194 concessi eis quietanciam murdri et gawitam Rec. Norw. I 12; 1205 ad sciendum quem abbas Ram’ poneret loco suo versus comitem ‥ de placito ~e CurR III 278; 1215 ut [cives de Hereford’] quieti sint de ‥ danegeldo et gaywita et omnibus aliis ‥ exactionibus Cl 220a; 1286 quod ‥ homines [prioris S. Trin., Norw.] ‥ sint ‥ quieti de murdro, gaywyta [etc.] PQW 492b; c1370 quod quieti sint ‥ de ‥ pontagio ‥ stallagio ‥ gaywyta [etc.] Rec. Caern. 158.

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