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† ˈlashlite, lashlight Obs.
Also 7 laghslite, 8 lagslite.
[Blundered form of OE. lahslit, f. lah law + slit tear, breach.]
The fine imposed for breach of (Danish) law.
c1030Laws of Cnut ii. c. 15 (Liebermann) 318 Beo se wið þone cinge cxx scyll' scyldiᵹ on Engla laᵹe..and on Dena laᵹe lahslites scyldiᵹ. 11..Laws of Will. I c. 39 (Schmid) 345 In Danelahe erit foris factura de suo laslite [AF. laxlite]. 11..Laws of Hen. I c. 11 §11 (Schmid) 443 Si quis Dei rectitudines per vim teneat, solvat lashlite cum Dacis plenam witam cum Anglis. 1607J. Cowell Interpr., Laghslite. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xl. 99 Even in Germany they had learned the trick to set a price upon that crime; and this they afterward called..lashlight. 1721Bailey, Lagslite, a Breach of the Law. 1862Miall Title Deeds Ch. Eng. 21 note, Lashlite denoted a common forfeiture among the Danes. |