英语词汇corsned的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

corsned. This unusual word means “an ordeal by bread.” In medieval times guilt was sometimes determined by making the accused swallow an ounce of bread or cheese consecrated by a priest—if the accused choked on the bread he was considered guilty. Blackstone explained in his Commentaries that people believed that the Almighty would “cause convulsions and pale- ness and [the bread would] find no passage if the man was really guilty, but might turn to health and nourishment if he was in- nocent.” The practice is recorded as early as the 10th century and the word corsned derives from the Old English cor, “trial,” and snaed, “piece.”

词汇	corsned
词源	corsned. This unusual word means “an ordeal by bread.” In medieval times guilt was sometimes determined by making the accused swallow an ounce of bread or cheese consecrated by a priest—if the accused choked on the bread he was considered guilty. Blackstone explained in his Commentaries that people believed that the Almighty would “cause convulsions and pale- ness and [the bread would] find no passage if the man was really guilty, but might turn to health and nourishment if he was in- nocent.” The practice is recorded as early as the 10th century and the word corsned derives from the Old English cor, “trial,” and snaed, “piece.”
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