Romgescot

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, Rōm (“Rome”) +‎ ġesċot (“contribution, local tax”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːm.jeʃ.ʃot/

Proper noun

Rōmġesċot n

1. the Peter's pence or alms-fee

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Róm-gescot”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.