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"Pro Anglico vero et de quo constari possit quod Anglicus sit, non dabitur murdrum."
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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"_Quod est murdrum_" was a thrilling revelation of what the Norman
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography John St. Loe Strachey 1893
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` ` Whoy, '' said Mr. Saddletree, delighted at having for once in his life seen his wife's attention arrested by a topic of legal discussion --- ` ` Whoy, there are two sorts of murdrum or murdragium, or what you populariter et vulgariser call murther.
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Malayalam (language) minim mom murdrum noon party-trap peeweep
Viva El Birdos 2010
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“Whoy,” said Mr. Saddletree, delighted at having for once in his life seen his wife’s attention arrested by a topic of legal discussion — “Whoy, there are two sorts of murdrum or murdragium, or what you populariter et vulgariser call murther.
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And apparently William introduced the offence of ‘murdrum’, which meant that any hundred in which a Norman was found dead had to either hand over the killer within five days or pay a fine of 40 marks to the king and 6 to the deceased’s relatives.
Archive 2006-09-01 Carla 2006
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And apparently William introduced the offence of ‘murdrum’, which meant that any hundred in which a Norman was found dead had to either hand over the killer within five days or pay a fine of 40 marks to the king and 6 to the deceased’s relatives.
The English Resistance: The Underground War Against the Normans Carla 2006
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Quod est murdrum” was a thrilling revelation of what the Norman Conquest was and was not.
The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922
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"Whoy," said Mr. Saddletree, delighted at having for once in his life seen his wife's attention arrested by a topic of legal discussion -- "Whoy, there are two sorts of _murdrum_ or _murdragium, _ or what you
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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"Whoy," said Mr. Saddletree, delighted at having for once in his life seen his wife's attention arrested by a topic of legal discussion -- "Whoy, there are two sorts of _murdrum_ or _murdragium, _ or what you
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
oroboros commented on the word murdrum
The killing of a human being in a secret manner.
June 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word murdrum
If only Kubrick had known this word.
June 2, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word murdrum
This of course is just the Latinization of 'murder', and was used in the Middle Ages specifically for the fine incurred by a community where a murder had taken place: the word 'murder' meant a homicide by an unknown perpetrator. As the guilty individual was unknown, their manor or hundred must bear the penalty.
August 20, 2008