单词 | halsfang |
释义 | † halsfanghealsfangn. Anglo-Saxon Law. A word used in the Old English or Anglo-Saxon Laws, meaning apparently originally some punishment and afterwards the fine in commutation thereof. The legal antiquaries since c1600 have taken it to mean the pillory; but this is strongly combated by Schmid, Gesetze der Angelsächsen s.v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks stocksc1325 pilloryc1330 stocka1382 gofe1489 stretchneck1543 harmans1567 foot trap1585 pigeonholes1592 jougs1596 berlina1607 halsfang1607 gorget1635 cippusa1637 nutcrackers1648 catasta1664 wooden cravat1676 the wooden ruff1677 neck stock1681 wooden casement1685 timber-stairsc1750 Norway neckcloth1785 law-neck-cloth1789 stoop1795 timber1851–4 nerve1854 a1000 Laws of Wihtræd (Schmid) c. 12 gif ceorl buton wifes wisdome deoflum gelde, he sie ealra his æhta scyldig and heals-fange. a1000 Laws of Edmund ii. c. 7 Of þam dæge on xxi niht gilde man heals-fang. a1135 Laws Hen. i. c. 14 §3 Mediocris thaini, equus cum apparatu suo, et arma ejus, et suum halsfanga in Westsexa; in Myrcenis duae librae. a1135 Laws Hen. i. c. 76 §1 Et debet halsfang primo reddi, sicut weræ modus erit. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ccc1v/1 Pillorie..was among the Saxons called Healsfang of (Heals) a necke and (Fang) to take. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 121 The Baxter sall be put vpon the Pillorie (or ‘halsfang’) and the Browster upon the Cockstule. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 287/2 Healfang or Halsfang, the pillory; also a pecuniary mulct, to commute for standing in the pillory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1000 |
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