| 释义 |
† grithsergeant Obs.
In 3 pl. grissergans, grithsergeans, -serjauns.
[f. grith n. + sergeant.]
An officer appointed to maintain the peace.
1293Year-bk 21 & 22 Edw. I (Rolls) 49 Illis constituere servientes qui vocantur Grissergans [Iter Roll Grithserjauns]. c1300Havelok 267 Grith-sergeans, wit longe gleyues, To yemen wilde wodes and pathes Fro wicke men. |