corsned
English edit
Etymology edit
Old English corsnǽd (literally “chosen piece”).
Noun edit
corsned
- (Anglo-Saxon law) A consecrated piece of bread given to a person suspected of a crime, indicating innocence if swallowed easily and guilt if it stuck in the throat; a morsel of execration.
- 1870 April 23, The Albany Law Journal, Albany, New York, page 306, column 1:
- This corsned was then given to the suspected person[.]