murdrum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A secret killing, distinguished from simple homicide in that the victim and the killer are unknown. UK,historical,uncountable
    — Death by misadventure or starvation might be a 'murdrum' if there was no presentment of Englishry.
  2. A fine imposed by the Crown on a manor or district in which such a secret killing had been committed. UK,historical,uncountable
    — In the case of the murdrum, to which chapter IX. relates, it is customary to consider that because this fine was originally intended to hold communities responsible for order within their boundaries, therefore its enforcement harmed the feudal lords only in so far as it lessened the paying power of their tenants.

词源

Borrowing from Medieval Latin murdrum, a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *murþr, *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder”). More at murder.
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