† corsnedn.

/ˈkɔːsnɛd/

Forms: Also 1700s -et.

Etymology: Old English cor-snǽd, < cor choice, selection, investigation, trial (compare German kor, kör, choice), < ablaut stem of céosan to choose, coren chosen + snǽd bit, piece, < snídan to cut. Called in Old Frisian cor-bita.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

In Old English law, the morsel of trial, a piece of bread of about an ounce weight consecrated by exorcism (panis conjuratus) which an accused person was required to swallow as a trial of his guilt or innocence.

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corsneda1000

water-ordeallOE

waterdoom1580

fire ordeal1612

alfet1678

bier-right1828

a1000 Laws of Ethelred ix. 22 in Thorpe I. 344 (Bosw.) Gif man freondleasne weofod-þen mid tihtlan belecge, ga to corsnæde.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Corsned, Ordeal-bread, or imprecated Bread.

1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 369 What was called..corsned (the loaf of execration) or the judicial morsel.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxiii. 74 The use of the ordeal, corsnet.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 339 Corsned, or morsel of execration: being a piece of cheese or bread, of about an ounce in weight, which was consecrated with a form of exorcism; desiring of the Almighty that it might cause convulsions and paleness, and find no passage, if the man was really guilty; but might turn to health and nourishment, if he was innocent.

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. ix. 146 The corsned was a cake of barley bread.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. v. v. 41 One of the most popular ordeals of the accused,—viz. that called the ‘corsned’, in which a piece of bread was given to the supposed criminal; if he swallowed it with ease he was innocent; if it stuck in his throat..he was guilty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	corsned
释义	† corsnedn. /ˈkɔːsnɛd/ Forms: Also 1700s -et. Etymology: Old English cor-snǽd, < cor choice, selection, investigation, trial (compare German kor, kör, choice), < ablaut stem of céosan to choose, coren chosen + snǽd bit, piece, < snídan to cut. Called in Old Frisian cor-bita. Obsolete exc. Historical. In Old English law, the morsel of trial, a piece of bread of about an ounce weight consecrated by exorcism (panis conjuratus) which an accused person was required to swallow as a trial of his guilt or innocence. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by ordeal > types of corsneda1000 water-ordeallOE waterdoom1580 fire ordeal1612 alfet1678 bier-right1828 a1000 Laws of Ethelred ix. 22 in Thorpe I. 344 (Bosw.) Gif man freondleasne weofod-þen mid tihtlan belecge, ga to corsnæde. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Corsned, Ordeal-bread, or imprecated Bread. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 369 What was called..corsned (the loaf of execration) or the judicial morsel. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxiii. 74 The use of the ordeal, corsnet. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 339 Corsned, or morsel of execration: being a piece of cheese or bread, of about an ounce in weight, which was consecrated with a form of exorcism; desiring of the Almighty that it might cause convulsions and paleness, and find no passage, if the man was really guilty; but might turn to health and nourishment, if he was innocent. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. ix. 146 The corsned was a cake of barley bread. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. v. v. 41 One of the most popular ordeals of the accused,—viz. that called the ‘corsned’, in which a piece of bread was given to the supposed criminal; if he swallowed it with ease he was innocent; if it stuck in his throat..he was guilty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1000
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