compendere

compendere 1 to weigh out (as a gift). Ethelwulfus ‥ omni anno ccc m. auri Romam misit, quarum c B. Petro, c B. Paulo ‥ et c apostolico ob donaria ~erentur Eul. Hist. Cont. II 168 (cf. Asser Alf. 16). 2 (p. ppl. compensus as sb. f.) compensation. 1405 sibi ‥ concedi optinuit ut bona ‥ civitatis ‥ faceret arestari ac de eis usque veram ~am ‥ viijc m. sibi ‥ satisfieri procuraret Lit. Cant. III 87; 1456 per liberacionem factam abbati ‥ in ~am granorum suorum destructorum ExchScot 208.