| 单词 |
halsfang |
| 释义 |
† halsfang, healsfang O.E. Law
Also 1 halsehang, halfehang, 7–9 healfang.
[OE., f. hals, heals, neck, halse n. + fang seizure, catching, booty.]
A word used in the OE. or Anglo-Saxon Laws, meaning app. originally some punishment and afterwards the fine in commutation thereof. The legal antiquaries since c 1600 have taken it to mean the pillory; but this is strongly combated by Schmid, Gesetze der Angelsächsen s.v.
a1000Laws of Wihtræd c. 12 (Schmid) ᵹif ceorl buton wifes wisdome deoflum ᵹelde, he sie ealra his æhta scyldiᵹ and heals-fange. a1000Laws of Edmund ii. c. 7 Of þam dæᵹe on xxi niht gilde man heals-fang. a1135Laws Hen. i. c. 14 §3 Mediocris thaini, equus cum apparatu suo, et arma ejus, et suum halsfanga in Westsexa; in Myrcenis duae librae. Ibid. c. 76 §1 Et debet halsfang primo reddi, sicut weræ modus erit. 1607Cowell Interpr. s.v. Pillorie, This was among the Saxons called Healsfang of (Heals) a necke and (Fang) to take. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 121 The Baxter sall be put vpon the Pillorie (or ‘halsfang’) and the Browster upon the Cockstule. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Healfang or Halsfang, the pillory; also a pecuniary mulct, to commute for standing in the pillory. |
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