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forfangium

forfangium [AS forfang] , reward for recovery of stolen property. de ~io furtivi hominis (Quad.) GAS 25; de weregyldi furis ~io [v. l. forisfangio]; ‥ de furtivi captalis ~io [vv. ll. forsfangio, forisfangio] (Ib.) Ib. 27; si ‥ aliter inveniatur occultum, tunc potest forfang[vv. ll. ~ium, forisfangium] esse minoris precii (Ib.) Ib. 391; de xij d. de forvengio [v. l. forvenge] Ac. Beaulieu 89; 1287 vj d. de forfench’ et pro trans’ de Willelmo D. Hund. Highworth 322; 1297 de ij s. de Johanne molendinario pro forfongio unius vacce Ac. Cornw 117; 1442 un[de] dat d[omi]ne de forfing[io] iij d. CourtR (Wilts) 208/5 m. 3.

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