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Webster 1913 Edition

Corsned

Cors′ned

(kôrs′nĕd)
,
Noun.
[AS.
corsnǣd
.]
(AS. Laws)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corsned

CORSNED

,
Noun.
The morsel of execration, or curse; a piece of bread consecrated by exorcism, and to be swallowed by a suspected person, as a trial of his innocence. If guilty, it was supposed the bread would produce convulsions and paleness, and find no passage. If innocent, it was believed it would turn to nourishment.

Definition 2024

corsned

corsned

English

Noun

corsned

  1. (law, 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.
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Etymology

Anglo-Saxon.

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