- corsnǽd
- f (-e/-a) piece of consecrated bread which an accused person swallowed as a test of innocence
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
corsnǽd
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Corsned — Cors ned (k[^o]rs n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]d.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corsned — In Anglo Saxon law, corsned (OE cor, trial, investigation , + snǽd, bit, piece ; Latin panis conjuratus), also known as the accursed or sacred morsel, or the morsel of execration, was a type of trial by ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece… … Wikipedia
corsned — /körsˈned/ (historical) noun A piece of bread or cheese, swallowed in trial by ordeal and believed to prove guilt if it stuck in the throat ORIGIN: OE corsnǣd, from gecor (cf coren, pap of cēosan to choose) and snǣd, a piece, from snīdan to cut … Useful english dictionary
