单词 | lairwite |
释义 | † lairwiten. Old Law. A fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for fornication or adultery lairwitec1230 letherwite1297 lecherwitea1425 whore toll1545 buttock-mail?1552 stool-mail1837 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 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1230 |
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