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Hynden, an association of ten men, first mentioned in In. 54, where it signifies the person from among whom the consacramentals were to be chosen in the case of deadly feud. From Ath. V. iii. It appears that the members of the 'first-guilds' (congildones) were formed into associations of ten, the enactment running thus: 'That we count ten men together, and let the senior direct the nine in all these things that are to be done; and then let them count their hyndens together, with one hyndenman, who shall admonish the ten (i.e., the ten hyndens) for our common benefit.' Hence it would seem that the eleven who are to hold the money consisted of the senior of each hynden, together with the hydenman who presided over the hynden of the hyndens, i.e., ten hyndens. The number XII. mentioned in Ath. V. viii. 1 is apparently an error for XI, Anc. Inst. Eng