† lairwiten.

Forms: Also Old English legerwíte, Middle English learwite, Middle English (1600s–1700s) leyrewite, 1600s lierwit.

Etymology: Old English legerwíte , < leger lying, lair n.¹ + wíte fine.

Old Law.

A fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for fornication or adultery

lairwitec1230

letherwite1297

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a1135 Laws of Hen. I xxiii. §23 in Schmid Gesetze 447 Si quis blodwitam, fightwitam, legerwitam et hujusmodi forisfaciat.]

c1230 Hali Meid. 47 Þu..waldes warpe me as wrecche iþi learwite.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 97 Leyrewite, amendes for liggynge by a bond womman.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Lierwit est mulcta adulteriorum.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Adultery The penalty of this sin was called Lairwite by our Saxons.

1696 , 1706 in Phillips

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	lairwite
释义	† lairwiten. Forms: Also Old English legerwíte, Middle English learwite, Middle English (1600s–1700s) leyrewite, 1600s lierwit. Etymology: Old English legerwíte , < leger lying, lair n.¹ + wíte fine. Old Law. A fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for fornication or adultery lairwitec1230 letherwite1297 lecherwitea1425 whore toll1545 buttock-mail?1552 stool-mail1837 a1135 Laws of Hen. I xxiii. §23 in Schmid Gesetze 447 Si quis blodwitam, fightwitam, legerwitam et hujusmodi forisfaciat.] c1230 Hali Meid. 47 Þu..waldes warpe me as wrecche iþi learwite. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 97 Leyrewite, amendes for liggynge by a bond womman. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Lierwit est mulcta adulteriorum. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Adultery The penalty of this sin was called Lairwite by our Saxons. 1696 , 1706 in Phillips This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1230
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