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单词 salfay
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salfayn.

Forms: Also Middle English safye, 1500s Scottish salfer (?).
Etymology: Origin unknown, but probably ultimately connected with Latin salvus safe n.
Obsolete.
The reward paid to the finder and restorer of lost goods.
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c1440 Alphabet of Tales 434 Bod þe riche man, when he had þe sakett agayn, wolde not pay þe salfay.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 434 Becauce he wold nott hafe gyffen þe pure man a hondreth talentis to safye, as he promysid he sulde do.
1551–2 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 123 All sik gudis stollin or reft, lauchfullie Convict, salbe restorit and redressit with the thre dowbillis and salfer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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