þéoffeng

m (-es/-as) seizure of thieves by an owner on his own land; right to fines payable on conviction for theft?; 1. the word seems to denote the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land, and occurs generally in connection with the burdens from which land, when granted, was relieved; 2. in other passages, however, the word implies advantage, and seems to refer to the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft.