kinsman

Æfter ðám wordum wyrm yrre cwóm After those words the wrathful wyrm came, atol inwitgæst óðre síðe awful cruel visitor a second time, fýrwylmum fáh fíonda níosian with hostile, gleaming flood of fire to seek his foes láðra manna·sydaudio líg ýðum for· the hated humans; the flame came forth in waves, born bord wið rond· byrne ne meahte burned shield to the boss; the byrnie could not geongum gárwigan géoce gefremman to the young spear- fighter lend support ac se maga geonga maéges scyld but the young man, under his kinsman's shield elne geéode þá his ágen wæs courageously advanced, when his own was glédum forgrunden. Þá gén gúðcyning consumed by fire.

This involved transferring legal ownership of the property to a trusted kinsman or friend for the benefit of a third party: usually the wife and children of the original owner, who had no legal standing to own property themselves and were thus left vulnerable to dispossession."