单词 | frith-stool |
释义 | † frith-stooln. Obsolete exc. Historical. a. Old English only. A place of safety; a refuge. ΚΠ c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxxxix. 1 Þu eart frið-stol us fæste, Drihten. a1016 Laws of Ethelred vii. c. 16 And gif forworht man frið-stol gesece. b. A seat, usually of stone, formerly placed near the altar in some churches, which afforded inviolable protection to those who sought privilege of sanctuary. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > near altar frith-stool1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 712 This seat of Stone is called Freedstool, that is, The chaire of Peace. 1662 J. Ray Three Itin. ii. 137 At the upper end of the choir, on the right side of the altar stands the Freed stool. 1829 G. Poulson Beverlac 687 The Fridstool is..hewn out of a solid stone, with a hollow back. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 288 Inviolable sanctuary..was afforded..by the frithstool of the saint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1000 |
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