Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England.
From Medieval Latin alfetum, from Old English alfæt (“fire-vat”), from āl (“fire”) + fæt (“vat”).
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- Inherited-form mentionalfætang
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