† hamfaren.
Old Law. Obsolete.
= hamesucken n. 1.
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a1135 Laws Hen. I c. 80 §11 Hamsocna est, vel hamfare, si quis premeditate ad domum eat..et ibi eum invadat, si die vel nocte hoc faciat.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 95 Hamsokene oþer Ham~fare, a rese i-made in hous.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 223 Breach of peace, hannifare, peace of the Hundred, [etc.].
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Hamfare.
1717 Blount's Law-Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Hamfare is a Breach of the Peace in a House.
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