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Spanish translation:	parcela / antigua medida de tierra entre 24 y 49 hectáreas
Entered by:	Mónica Sauza

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01:05 Sep 23, 2008

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English term or phrase: Hide

Hi!

I'm translating a text about anglosaxons and I need to know how to render 'hide' as a piece of land. Here goes an extract to set the context:

"The division between the two was strictly in terms of land owned. A man could only be a thane if he owned at least five hides of land (a hide was defined as the amount of land necessary to provide a living for one family)"

Thanks in advance!

Yohanna Cabrera KudoZ activity Questions: 26 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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antigua medida de tierra entre 24 y 49 hectáreas

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Archaeology Dictionary: hide

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An early medieval measure of land area, which at the Domesday Survey in ad 1086 in England can be taken to average about 120 acres (48.5ha), but there are wide disparities between regions. How it was measured in early medieval times is more difficult: it was either a unit of productivity, of extent, or of tax liability. A hide contained 4 virgates. The term is often encountered when working with early medieval documents in relation to archaeologically derived settlement patterns.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medieval_land_terms

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antigua medida de tierra entre 24 y 49 hectáreas

Mónica Sauza

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parcelas de...(la medida que te guste más)

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antigua medida de tierra entre 24 y 49 hectáreas

Mónica Sauza
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hide parcelas de...(la medida que te guste más)

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Ya que en el contexto no cabe decir todo lo sugerido por los compañeros. La medida puede ser cualquiera de las citadas desde que no hay un patrón fijo para esto.

Mario Ramirez
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Changes made by editors

Oct 7, 2008 - Changes made by Mónica Sauza:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 7, 2008 - Changes made by Mónica Sauza:
Edited KOG entry	Mónica Sauza's old entry - "Hide" => "parcela / antigua medida de tierra entre 24 y 49 hectáreas"

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