† alfetn.

Forms: Old English aalfæt, Old English alfæt, Old English olfata (nominative plural, probably transmission error), 1600s 1800s alfet.

Origin: Partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably also partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: English āl , fat n.¹; Latin alfetum.

Etymology: Originally < Old English (rare) āl fire ( < the same Germanic base as ǣled eld n.¹ and ǣlan (see anneal v.); compare also ālgeweorc material for fire, tinder, onāl burning, incense, that which is burnt) + fat n.¹ In later use probably < post-classical Latin alfetum (c1115 in a British source; compare quot. lOE) < Old English ālfæt.Compare also the following example from a 17th-cent. Latin dictionary, which explicitly cites the Latin passage corresponding to quot. lOE:1678 C. Du Fresne Glossarium ad Scriptores Alfetum, Caldarium, calefactorium, hypocaustum, cujus usus erat in probationibus aquæ calidæ...Leges Adelstani Regis apud Bromptonum cap. 19. If the word had survived into Middle English, the expected modern English form would be ole-vat.

Obsolete (historical or poetic in later use).

A type of cauldron, spec. one filled with scalding water and employed in trials of ordeal; (in later use) the ordeal itself.In quots. OE¹, OE² rendering classical Latin coculum cooking vessel, esp. one made of bronze.

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corsneda1000

water-ordeallOE

waterdoom1580

fire ordeal1612

alfet1678

bier-right1828

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 101 Cocula, aalfatu.

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 62 Cocula, olfata.

lOE Laws: Ordal (Rochester) i. §b. 386 Gif hit þonne wæter sy, hæte man hit, oð hit hleope [read hleowe] to wylme; & sy þæt alfæt [L. alfetum] isen oððe æren, leaden oððe læmen.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Alfet, a kind of Ordeal anciently used, which was by a great Caldron of scalding water, into which the accused person was to put his arm up to the elbow, and if hurt he was held guilty, if not acquitted. [Also in later dictionaries.]

1816 Port Folio Oct. 353 Soft! it burns—ecstatic trouble, Love bring fuel, alfet bubble!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	alfet
释义	† alfetn. Forms: Old English aalfæt, Old English alfæt, Old English olfata (nominative plural, probably transmission error), 1600s 1800s alfet. Origin: Partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably also partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: English āl , fat n.¹; Latin alfetum. Etymology: Originally < Old English (rare) āl fire ( < the same Germanic base as ǣled eld n.¹ and ǣlan (see anneal v.); compare also ālgeweorc material for fire, tinder, onāl burning, incense, that which is burnt) + fat n.¹ In later use probably < post-classical Latin alfetum (c1115 in a British source; compare quot. lOE) < Old English ālfæt.Compare also the following example from a 17th-cent. Latin dictionary, which explicitly cites the Latin passage corresponding to quot. lOE:1678 C. Du Fresne Glossarium ad Scriptores Alfetum, Caldarium, calefactorium, hypocaustum, cujus usus erat in probationibus aquæ calidæ...Leges Adelstani Regis apud Bromptonum cap. 19. If the word had survived into Middle English, the expected modern English form would be ole-vat. Obsolete (historical or poetic in later use). A type of cauldron, spec. one filled with scalding water and employed in trials of ordeal; (in later use) the ordeal itself.In quots. OE¹, OE² rendering classical Latin coculum cooking vessel, esp. one made of bronze. 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 OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 101 Cocula, aalfatu. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 62 Cocula, olfata. lOE Laws: Ordal (Rochester) i. §b. 386 Gif hit þonne wæter sy, hæte man hit, oð hit hleope [read hleowe] to wylme; & sy þæt alfæt [L. alfetum] isen oððe æren, leaden oððe læmen. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Alfet, a kind of Ordeal anciently used, which was by a great Caldron of scalding water, into which the accused person was to put his arm up to the elbow, and if hurt he was held guilty, if not acquitted. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1816 Port Folio Oct. 353 Soft! it burns—ecstatic trouble, Love bring fuel, alfet bubble! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.OE
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