alfet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England. historical
    — ALFET, antiently ſignified the Cauldron in which boiling Water was put, for the Accuſed to plunge his Hand in up to the Elbow, by way of Trial of Purgation.

词形变化

alfets plural

词源

From Medieval Latin alfetum, from Old English alfæt (“fire-vat”), from āl (“fire”) + fæt (“vat”).
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