CORSNEDD
\kˈɔːsnɛd], \kˈɔːsnɛd], \k_ˈɔː_s_n_ɛ_d]\
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[A.S.] The morsel of execration, a form of ordeal among the English before the Norman Conquest. A piece of bread or cheese was supposed to cause convulsions to the guilty who tried to swallow it. (Cf. the story told of the death of Earl Godwine, father of King Harold.)
By Henry Percy Smith
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