| 单词 | mundbyrd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmundbyrd mundbyrd n. (also mundeburde) [ < mund n. + Old English byrd burden] now historical = sense 2. ΚΠ eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 917 Þæt folc eal þæt þær to lafe wæs þara landleoda beag to Eadwearde cyninge, & sohton his friþ & his mundbyrde. lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) xv. 4 Ceorles mundbyrd: vi scillingas. 1805 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons IV. 317 The Mundbyrd was a right of protection or patronage which individuals possessed for their own benefit or that of others. 1999 P. Wormald Making of Eng. Law I. i. ii. 103 Wihtræd revealed the Church's tightening grip on Anglo-Saxon society..when..equating its ‘protection value (mundbyrd)’ with his own. < as lemmas |
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