healsfang

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character. historical

词形变化

healsfangs plural healsfang plural halsfang alternative

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), equivalent to halse + fang. Cognate with Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”).
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