CORSNED

Etymology

Noun

corsned

(legal, obsolete) The morsel of execration; an ordeal consisting of the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.

Anagrams

• Codners, Conders, conders, reconds, scorned

Source: Wiktionary


Cors"ned (krs"nd), n. Etym: [AS. corsn.] (AS. Laws)

Definition: 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; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burril.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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