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单词 lairwite
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lairwiten.

Forms: Also Old English legerwíte, Middle English learwite, Middle English (1600s–1700s) leyrewite, 1600s lierwit.
Etymology: Old English legerwíte , < leger lying, lair n.1 + wíte fine.
Old Law.
A fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for fornication or adultery
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a1135 Laws of Hen. I xxiii. §23 in Schmid Gesetze 447 Si quis blodwitam, fightwitam, legerwitam et hujusmodi forisfaciat.]
c1230 Hali Meid. 47 Þu..waldes warpe me as wrecche iþi learwite.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 97 Leyrewite, amendes for liggynge by a bond womman.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Lierwit est mulcta adulteriorum.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Adultery The penalty of this sin was called Lairwite by our Saxons.
1696 , 1706 in Phillips
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