CORSNED
\kˈɔːsənd], \kˈɔːsənd], \k_ˈɔː_s_ə_n_d]\
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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.
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kors'ned, n. a kind of ordeal, wherein the accused was required to swallow consecrated bread and cheese; if it stuck in his throat he was pronounced guilty. [A.S. corsn['æ]d--cor, trial, from coren, pa.p. of céosan, to choose, and sn['æ]d, a piece, from snÃdan, to cut.]
By Thomas Davidson
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